NYC Migrant Crisis News

Rudely Brito speaks outside a Staten Islands Holiday Inn Express run by Project Hospitality were she and other migrants were allegedly scammed out of thousands of dollars by a worker at the hotel who claimed to be securing them housing.

Shelter Worker Scammed Families With Promises of an Apartment, They Say

Oct. 8, 2023, 8:00 a.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 4:38 p.m.

Residents of the Holiday Inn Express in Staten Island reported the incidents to police this week, saying they’d given thousands to a woman who falsely promised to rent them places of their own.

Migrant Crisis

Adams Takes Second Shot at Suspending ‘Right to Shelter’ in New Court Filing

Oct. 3, 2023, 11:00 p.m.Feb. 17, 2025, 4:37 p.m.

The revised plea from City Hall would suspend the decree under more tailored circumstances, but advocates say it still amounts to the end of “right to shelter” as we know it.

Migrant Crisis

Migrants Booted from NYC Shelter Into Pummeling Rain

Sept. 29, 2023, 4:39 p.m.Sept. 29, 2023, 11:30 p.m.

At the Jefferson Street shelter, migrants were left to face the deluge while carrying what possessions they could, before the city eventually reversed course.

Migrant Crisis

Migrants Scramble as Clock On Shelter Stays Runs Out

Sept. 28, 2023, 5:10 a.m.Sept. 28, 2023, 11:20 a.m.

Faced with new deadlines to leave city shelters, some migrants are applying for new stays while others are reconsidering their decisions to settle in NYC.

Immigration

Venezuelan Migrants in NYC Cheer TPS, Though Wait Remains for Work Permits

Sept. 21, 2023, 7:04 p.m.Sept. 22, 2023, 9:19 a.m.

About 40% of the more than 113,000 migrants who have arrived in the five boroughs since last year hail from the South American country, per estimates from City Hall.

Asylum seekers line up in the rain for an immigration check-in at Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan.

Migrant Crisis

Need Immigration Papers? Try Your Luck at Manhattan’s Overwhelmed Federal Building

Sept. 20, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 19, 2023, 7:27 p.m.

Only 600 people a day can be served by ICE at 26 Federal Plaza — leaving even those who have appointments and looming asylum deadlines locked out and at risk.

Shelters

City Hall About to Put Migrants in Shelters on Shorter Clocks

Sept. 19, 2023, 5:05 a.m.Sept. 18, 2023, 9:14 p.m.

Adults who reapply for shelter will have just 30 days, and families with children may be given their own deadline for the first time.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: ‘When Does the Hard Part Start?’ This Is the Hard Part.

Sept. 18, 2023, 10:05 p.m.Oct. 15, 2023, 12:32 p.m.

Just two years ago, more than 90 percent of New Yorkers applying for food stamps and other benefits received them in a timely fashion. Now, it’s fewer than 30 percent. Podcast co-hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss what it means for New Yorkers, and for the mayor, when stuff isn’t getting done. Subscribe to […]

Shelters

$2.1 Billion in Migrant-Related Contracts Sidestep Oversight, Despite Some Companies’ Checkered Records

Sept. 15, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 15, 2023, 9:32 a.m.

Medrite and Aron Security got $450 million to staff more than a dozen shelters under a shroud of secrecy. Even the city comptroller and Council are struggling to find out more as workers and residents clash.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Why Doesn’t NYC Just Let Migrants Work?

Sept. 11, 2023, 9:16 p.m.Oct. 15, 2023, 12:32 p.m.

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie res the pod for a lively conversation about his plan for the city to do just that, and much more. Subscribe to the FAQ NYC podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever podcasts are found.

Migrant Crisis

Shelter Worker Scammed Families With Promises of an Apartment, They Say

Adams Takes Second Shot at Suspending ‘Right to Shelter’ in New Court Filing

Migrants Booted from NYC Shelter Into Pummeling Rain

Migrants Scramble as Clock On Shelter Stays Runs Out

Venezuelan Migrants in NYC Cheer TPS, Though Wait Remains for Work Permits

Need Immigration Papers? Try Your Luck at Manhattan’s Overwhelmed Federal Building

City Hall About to Put Migrants in Shelters on Shorter Clocks

LISTEN: ‘When Does the Hard Part Start?’ This Is the Hard Part.

$2.1 Billion in Migrant-Related Contracts Sidestep Oversight, Despite Some Companies’ Checkered Records

LISTEN: Why Doesn’t NYC Just Let Migrants Work?

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