Shelters

‘No Space for Us’: Migrants Turned Away as City Swelters

July 28, 2023, 4:25 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:22 p.m.

Advocates claim that the city’s purposefully punishing migrants, while istration officials say they’re doing everything they can in the absence of from the feds.

Migrant Crisis

Tent Shelter for 1,000 Migrant Men Slated to Open at Creedmoor in August

July 26, 2023, 4:29 p.m.July 26, 2023, 4:29 p.m.

Officials and advocates all have pushed back on the plan, as the city’s shelter population swells to over 107,300.

Migrant Crisis

Migrants Walk Out of Shelter After Spoiled Food Sickens Kids, Again

July 19, 2023, 6:37 p.m.May 13, 2024, 12:17 p.m.

Shelter staff responded to the improvised protest by telling worried parents that they could leave if they didn’t like it.

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at City Hall about giving 60-days notice to migrants staying at shelters, July 19, 2023.

Migrant Crisis

Asylum-Seekers in City Shelters to Get 60-Day Notices to Find New Housing, Adams Says

July 19, 2023, 4:56 p.m.July 19, 2023, 5:33 p.m.

“We have no more room in the city,” the mayor said. Meanwhile, the city appeared to turn down the heat in its quest to waive the guaranteed “right to shelter.”

Brooklyn

Sexual Harassment at NYC Shelter for Migrant Families Went Unchecked for Months

June 27, 2023, 5:01 a.m.June 28, 2023, 12:22 p.m.

A kitchen worker’s intimidating behavior was just part of the hostile atmosphere at a Brooklyn facility funded by a $10 million city contract, an investigation by THE CITY reveals.

Shelters

Migrants Find Work and Forge New Networks but Still Live in Hotels and Relief Centers

June 12, 2023, 5:05 a.m.June 12, 2023, 11:51 a.m.

Asylum-seekers who have been here for many months are helping newer arrivals find jobs and their way, but a paycheck is no guarantee of escaping city shelters.

Immigrants

City Braces for New Wave of Asylum-Seekers as Title 42 Expires

May 10, 2023, 2:50 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

‘We need your help,’ begged an urgent city email seeking space for migrants, the latest indication the Adams istration is hitting the panic button.

Frank Carone

After Hiring Frank Carone, a Reviled Brooklyn Landlord Won a Multimillion-Dollar Windfall from the City

April 13, 2023, 5:01 a.m.April 17, 2023, 10:05 a.m.

Yosef Zvieli faced foreclosure after running a residence for Brooklyn College students into the ground. Then he retained the political kingpin who has since become New York’s power broker of the moment.

Pets

City Council es Bill to Ban Guinea Pig Sales

April 11, 2023, 4:06 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

Animal shelter operators and other advocates say a surge in people abandoning their pets in the pandemic has made for a hairy situation. But pet shop representatives say their efforts to come up with solutions to the problem have fallen on deaf ears.

Homelessness

House and Tome: Retiree Uses Second Life as Artist to Highlight Homeless Plight

Feb. 28, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 28, 2023, 5:53 p.m.

Judith Rubenstein began her “Searching for Home” booklet project last spring, asking people living on the street or in shelters to write or draw their thoughts on the very concept of “home.”

Shelters

‘No Space for Us’: Migrants Turned Away as City Swelters

Tent Shelter for 1,000 Migrant Men Slated to Open at Creedmoor in August

Migrants Walk Out of Shelter After Spoiled Food Sickens Kids, Again

Asylum-Seekers in City Shelters to Get 60-Day Notices to Find New Housing, Adams Says

Sexual Harassment at NYC Shelter for Migrant Families Went Unchecked for Months

Migrants Find Work and Forge New Networks but Still Live in Hotels and Relief Centers

City Braces for New Wave of Asylum-Seekers as Title 42 Expires

After Hiring Frank Carone, a Reviled Brooklyn Landlord Won a Multimillion-Dollar Windfall from the City

City Council es Bill to Ban Guinea Pig Sales

House and Tome: Retiree Uses Second Life as Artist to Highlight Homeless Plight

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