New York Seeks to Suspend Right-to-Shelter as Budget Buckles
- Adams argues that surge of migrants imperils municipal budget
- City says it is housing more than 44,000 asylum seekers
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has asked a judge to temporarily suspend a 42-year-old court ruling requiring the city to shelter homeless adults amid a surge in asylum seekers that’s weighed on the municipal budget.
The request, dated Tuesday and filed by a lawyer for the city, asks for permission to suspend the obligations when the city lacks the “resources and capacity to establish and maintain sufficient shelter.”