Migrant families were evacuated to the auditorium of James Madison High School. The school went remote the next day, and families and elected officials protested.
The city will impose a 60-day limit on how long families with children can stay at any one shelter before having to leave and reapply to enter the system.
A hard-fought deal to use national parkland in Brooklyn for an emergency shelter for migrants is being challenged in court by a group of bipartisan lawmakers.