NYC Mayor Adams Scores a Win in Fight Over Right-to-Shelter
- City’s right-to-shelter limited to 30 days for single adults
- New rules are temporary, as long as migrant crisis persists
Migrants board a city bus to a shelter intake center after traveling on a bus from Del Rio, Texas.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams scored a modest victory in his fight against right-to-shelter rules, securing greater flexibility as his administration struggles to house thousands of migrants who have flooded the city’s shelter system.
The city announced a temporary agreement with the Legal Aid Society that would limit stays in city shelters for single adults to 30 days as long as the migrant crisis is ongoing, a significant change to the city’s 40-year-old policy that guarantees a place to stay, indefinitely, for all homeless New Yorkers.