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‘Please leave us alone’: East Village homeless say surprise encampment sweeps are becoming more violent

Posted on December 5, 2023

Comptroller Brad Lander

Politics

Comptroller Lander revokes city’s prior approval for striking emergency migrant crisis contracts

Posted on December 5, 2023

The Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA), an advocacy organization representing FDNY firefighters decried on Monday Mayor Eric Adams’ budget cuts they say will affect some of the city's busiest stationhouses.

Politics

‘This can be the difference between life and death’: Firefighters union condemns Mayor Adams’ FDNY budget cuts

Posted on December 4, 2023

Two new developments of the Peninsula project in Hunts Point will bring 359 fully affordable units to the area.

Bronx Times

Second phase of the Peninsula housing project breaks ground in Hunts Point

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Politics

FIRST ON amNY | Mayor Adams expected to report increased homeless shelter placements

Posted on November 29, 2023

Politics

Migrant crisis | Mayor Adams wants to slash asylum-seeker services by 20% to close budget gap

Posted on November 20, 2023

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Housing

City launches revamp of website that provides details about tens of thousands of apartments

Posted on November 17, 2023

Migrant

Politics

Migrants, advocates hold ‘sleep in’ outside of Gracie Mansion in protest of mayor’s limits on shelter stays

Posted on November 16, 2023

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams

Politics

City Council passes bill that calls on affluent neighborhoods to build more housing

Posted on November 15, 2023

Security guards posted at the Floyd Bennett site to ensure unauthorized visitors do not gain access to the HERRC.

Politics

Despite long journeys to NYC, some migrant families reject emergency shelter at Floyd Bennett Field

Posted on November 13, 2023

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Op-Ed

Op-ed | How we deal with the ongoing asylum-seeker crisis is a test of who we are as New Yorkers and Americans

Posted on November 6, 2023

Migrants at Roosevelt Hotel

Tales of survival: NYC migrants face bureaucratic challenges to gain work visas after a long journey to America

Posted on November 5, 2023

Politics

Adams suddenly pulls out of planned D.C. meetings on migrant crisis

Posted on November 2, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

‘Right to sleep’? Public Advocate Williams, City Council chide Mayor Adams for ‘scapegoating’ homeless rights law

Posted on October 31, 2023

Floyd Bennett Field HERRC prepares to open for migrant families

Brooklyn

‘Doing the best with a bad situation’: Floyd Bennett Field HERRC prepares to open for migrant families

Posted on October 30, 2023

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Brooklyn

Tales of survival: Migrant mother from El Salvador forges ahead in New York while husband and son remain incarcerated at Texas border

Posted on October 29, 2023

Migrants wait outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.

Migrant crisis | NYC on track to spend over $12 billion on asylum seeker programs, state comptroller says

Posted on October 28, 2023

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Politics

Mayor Adams floats faith-based solution for managing influx of new migrants

Posted on October 25, 2023

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Politics

Migrant crisis | Mayor Adams says city is preparing to ‘manage’ scores of migrants sleeping on streets

Posted on October 24, 2023

Malayshia Ervin (left Detective Samantha Villacis reunited on Oct. 23.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn cops help homeless couple deliver baby on the side of Ocean Parkway

Posted on October 24, 2023

Kathy Hochul

Housing

New laws aim to help build, maintain affordable housing in NYC

Posted on October 23, 2023

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Politics

Adams admin looking to expand 30-day migrant shelter cap for single adults to DHS-run facilities: official

Posted on October 23, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Double Domino towers rising on Williamsburg waterfront will mix condos, rentals

Migrants at Roosevelt Hotel

Politics

City and state to enter mediation on right-to-shelter policy with Legal Aid

Posted on October 19, 2023

Politics

Legal Aid blasts Hochul for supporting Adams’ attempt to roll back shelter mandate

Posted on October 18, 2023

Queens

Tales of survival: NYC migrants who braved violence and perilous treks grateful for fresh start in America

Posted on October 18, 2023

Police raid migrant-run market on Randall's Island

Illegal migrant-run market on Randall’s Island busted, cops confiscate scooters near emergency shelter

Posted on October 17, 2023

Politics

Migrant crisis | Amid criticism, Mayor Adams insists 60-day shelter limit won’t force kids to change schools

Posted on October 17, 2023

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Politics

Mayor officially limits shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days

Posted on October 16, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Federal judge sends Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter case back to state court

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Latino

Make the Road New York celebrates 25 years aiding immigrants amidst migrant crisis

Posted on October 15, 2023

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Politics

Adams admin to impose 60-day cap on shelter stays for migrant families: source

Posted on October 13, 2023

Advocates, clergy leaders and labor groups form NY SANE Coalition to protect the city's right-to-shelter.

Politics

Right-to-shelter rollback: Coalition of NYC advocates, clergy and labor groups seek to stop Mayor Adams’ moves to end shelter mandate

Posted on October 12, 2023

Migrants say they are worried and confused after days of sleeping on the Midtown streets.

EXCLUSIVE | State officials dispute claims of NYC migrant mistreatment by DocGo: sources

Posted on October 12, 2023

Kathy Hochul

Politics

Gov. Hochul’s admin formally backs Mayor’s latest request to suspend shelter mandate

Posted on October 11, 2023

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Politics

Mayor defends trip to Latin America amid criticism, asserts mission achieved desired objectives

Posted on October 10, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams speaking to Mexican officials

Politics

Mayor gains insight on NYC’s migrant crisis during Latin America visit, Acknowledges no ‘magic pill’ solution

Posted on October 6, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Southern Brooklyn council candidates talk infrastructure, healthcare, and housing at political forum

City Council Member Shahana Hanif, who introduced migrant crisis bill

Politics

Migrant crisis | Brooklyn City Council member seeks to block Mayor Adams’ limits on shelter stays

Posted on October 6, 2023

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Politics

Adams admin makes revised request to suspend shelter mandate, drawing swift backlash from advocates

Posted on October 4, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams (center) says his four-day trip to Mexico and South America this week will focus on disuading migrants from coming to New York City

Politics

Mayor wants to provide ‘true picture’ of NYC migrant crisis during trip to South America this week

Posted on October 3, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Pols slam migrant shelter operator for ousting former residents of Staten Island senior living home

Gov. Kathy Hochul announces nearly 400 employers are ready to fill 18,000 open jobs with migrants newly eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

Politics

Gov. Hochul says 18,000 jobs available for eligible Venezuelan migrants

Posted on October 2, 2023

Politics

Supreme Court rejects landlords’ challenge to New York’s rent stabilization law

Posted on October 2, 2023

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Queens

Report that migrant man molested child inside Queens shelter deemed ‘unfounded’ by cops

Posted on October 1, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Reynoso to redirect Borough Hall funds to ease strain on overburdened city agencies

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

Mayor Adams says ‘I don’t believe’ right-to-shelter applies to migrant crisis

Posted on September 28, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

PHOTOS: Transformed Domino Sugar Refinery prepares to open as office space

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St. Mary’s Big Hearts Walk returns to Crocheron Park in Bayside on May 18

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Open Stages music festival returns to Park Slope’s stoops and sidewalks on May 10

Pope Francis turned heads early on with his famous quote, “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” But what came of it?

Pope Francis brought a change in tone, but not in substance