A “Homeless Bill of Rights” that could become law on Saturday aims to clarify legal issues for homeless people, including whether they can camp outdoors. But the rules are anything but clear.
Tag: Homeless Persons
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NYC Housing Chief Resigns Amid Homelessness Crisis
A day after Mayor Eric Adams said he would oppose an effort to reduce homelessness by increasing the number of housing vouchers, his top housing official said she would step down.
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New York City Asks for Relief From Its Right-to-Shelter Mandate
City officials say that the arrival of 65,000 asylum seekers has presented the city “with challenges never contemplated, foreseeable or indeed even remotely imagined.”
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Mayor Adams Opposes Bills That Could Make It Easier to Leave Shelters
The bills, expected to be passed this week by the City Council, would end a rule that people must be in shelters for 90 days before becoming eligible for housing vouchers.
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Migrant Housing Plans in NYC Are Repeatedly Met With Outrage
First the city tried hotels, then tents, then a cruise ship terminal, then school gyms. As migrants have continued to cross the border, the mayor pleaded on Wednesday for understanding — and ideas.