{"id":35569,"date":"2025-01-11T18:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T18:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=35569"},"modified":"2025-01-11T18:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T18:53:16","slug":"mayor-adams-announces-new-round-of-migrant-shelter-closures-including-one-of-citys-largest-facilities-after-27-straight-weeks-of-shelter-census-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/35569","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Adams announces new round of migrant shelter closures, including one of city’s largest facilities, after 27 straight weeks of shelter census declines"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: New York city Mayor Eric Adams announced that \u2014 thanks to the administration\u2019s successful asylum seeker management strategies and federal border policy changes the city advocated for that have continued to drive down the number of people in the city\u2019s care for 27 straight weeks and reduce costs by nearly $2.8 billion over three fiscal years \u2014 13 new emergency shelters serving asylum seekers across the five boroughs, including Hall Street in Brooklyn, one of the city\u2019s largest facilities that currently houses approximately 3,500 migrants, are slated to close by June 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new closures in oversaturated areas of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens will result in a capacity reduction of approximately 10,000 beds for migrants in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe policies we implemented, and the tremendous work of the dedicated public servants who execute our mission, show how our administration continues to creatively and effectively manage an unprecedented crisis,\u201d said\u202fMayor Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe additional closures we are announcing today, provides yet another example of our continued progress and the success of our humanitarian efforts to care for everyone throughout our system. Our intensive and smart efforts have helped more than 178,000 asylum seekers \u2014 78 percent of the migrants who have ever been in our care \u2014 take the next steps on their journeys towards pursuing the American Dream. We will continue to do everything we can to help migrants become self-sufficient, while finding more opportunities to save taxpayer money and turn the page on this unprecedented humanitarian crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe significant progress we\u2019ve made since the height of our response is incredible and the work of all our agency and community partners is stamped into the DNA of all of the successes we have had to date,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor\u2019s Office of Asylum Seeker Operations Executive Director Molly Schaeffer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith these successes, though, we recognize that we must continue to support the progress of all our new arrivals\u00a0\u2014\u00a0those currently in our care, and those who continue to arrive. The effective closure of facilities as our progress dictates, as well as assuring that those who remain in our care are treated with care and compassion, remains the standard that we strive for in the way we manage a continually fluid and complex process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks to Mayor Adams\u2019 successful advocacy for federal executive orders relating to border policies by the Biden-Harris administration, which have significantly reduced the rate at which asylum seekers are arriving in New York City and seeking care;\u00a0the Adams administration\u2019s tireless efforts to expand work authorization and pathways, leading to more than 75 percent of adults eligible for work authorization receiving or applying for it in our system;\u00a0and the administration\u2019s successful asylum seeker management strategies \u2014 including reticketing, case management, and 30- and 60-day notices \u2014 the number of asylum seekers in city shelters has decreased for 27 straight weeks and is now at its lowest point in over 18 months.<\/p>\n

There are currently under 51,000 migrants receiving city shelter services, down from a high of over 69,000 in January of 2024 and out of more than 229,000 that have arrived in New York City seeking city services since the spring of 2022.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re very pleased to learn that another migrant shelter in our community will close in the coming months,” said\u00a0United States Congressmember Nicole Malliotakis.<\/p>\n

“The Holiday Inn shelter in Travis has been a nuisance to the community with a number of quality of life issues, including panhandling, prostitution and car break-ins in the surrounding neighborhood. After multiple meetings with the Mayor\u2019s Office, we\u2019re pleased that they\u2019ve listened to the concerns raised by myself and Councilman Carr and have agreed to take action to begin closing these facilities down. This is another step in the right direction, but we won\u2019t stop fighting until every one of these shelters draining our tax dollars and impacting our neighborhoods is shuttered.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a legal and moral obligation to ensure every New Yorker has a safe and warm place to rest their head at night,\u201d said\u00a0New York State Attorney General Letitia James.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the conditions at the Hall Street shelter have not been working for its residents or the broader community. I thank City Hall for making the tough decision to close the shelter while ensuring that all the residents have another place to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We’re relieved that the surge in new arrivals into our city these last few years has crested and that any strain placed on city services has lessened,\u201d said\u00a0Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo our government and community partners who stepped up to ensure that our newest neighbors, including thousands of young families fleeing untenable situations in their home nations, had the resources they needed upon arrival in New York City, we are eternally grateful. But make no mistake that as a new, hostile federal administration takes office later this month, Queens will continue to do whatever it can to support our immigrant brothers and sisters and defend our historically marginalized communities from any threat that may potentially come their way. That’s what being a New Yorker means at the end of the day.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank the mayor for bringing this to closure,” said\u00a0Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella.<\/p>\n

“This is a step in the right direction for Staten Island. For the sake of the quality of life for all our residents, the remainder of the shelters need to be closed, as well.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is great news for the people of Travis who have been living with the consequences of having three emergency shelters in their neighborhood,\u201d said\u00a0New York City Councilmember David Carr.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been fighting for this area alongside my colleagues since 2022, and given they were the first area of Staten Island to have one, it makes sense that they\u2019d be the first have an announced closure with hopefully more to come. I thank the mayor for starting this process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing significant advocacy from me and my constituents in Clinton Hill, as well as partners like the New York Immigration Coalition, I applaud the effort to finally close the Hall Street HERRC and end this separate and unequal shelter system for newly arrived asylum seekers,\u201d said\u00a0New York City Councilmember Crystal Hudson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad there\u2019s a plan to responsibly transition existing residents to a new location. While this happens, we must also ensure the rich communities our diverse immigrant populations have established are maintained and that they can continue to have every single resource they need to thrive in their new home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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