ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWSnet/AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that he is limiting shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days, bidding to ease pressure on a city system overwhelmed by a large influx of asylum seekers over the past year.
The Democrat’s office said it will begin sending 60-day notices to migrant families who live in shelters, though they could reapply for housing if they are unable to find a new place to live.
The city also will provide “intensified casework services” to help families secure more permanent housing, according to a news release.
It’s the mayor’s latest attempt to provide relief to the city’s shelter system and finances as it considers how to manage more than 120,000 international migrants who have come to New York, many without housing or the legal ability to work. More than 60,000 migrants currently live in city shelters, according to his office.
Adams has estimated the city will spend $12 billion over the next three years to handle the surge, setting up large-scale emergency shelters, renting hotel space and providing government services.
The mayor last month limited adult migrants to 30 days in city-run facilities amid overcrowding.
Adams is also seeking to suspend a legal agreement that requires New York City to provide emergency housing to homeless people. No other major U.S. city has such a requirement.
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