By Giulia Mcdonnel Nieto Del Rio | September 26, 2023 At a closed-door conference in New York County Supreme Court on Tuesday, city representatives indicated they will seek to revise the right to shelter law, Supreme Court Judge Erika Edwards said. This comes as the Adams administration. This comes as the Adams administration has, for […]
New York, NY—Today, the Biden administration announced it will be extending and re-designating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans who arrived in the United States before July 31, 2023. Temporary Protected Status is a temporary immigration status granted by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to individuals who are unable to return home safely […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams tonight released the following statement after hearing directly from the White House about President Joseph Biden’s decision to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan asylum seekers in the country who entered the United States before July 1, 2023 — something […]
Starting Sept. 13, 2023, affirmative asylum applicants must bring an interpreter to their asylum interview if they are not fluent in English or wish to proceed with their interview in a language other than English. If an affirmative asylum applicant needs an interpreter and does not bring one, or if their interpreter is not fluent […]
By Eden Villalovas New York City Comptroller Brad Lander pushed for federal aid to help fund work authorizations for asylum-seekers arriving rapidly in the city. “The best thing we could do to get these costs under control is help people get those work authorizations and move out of shelter,” Lander, a Democrat, said, speaking to PIX11 News on Wednesday. “That’s […]
Contract returned to Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) due to outstanding concerns about controversial vendor hired to provide shelter services to new arrivals in New York City and Upstate New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced he declined to approve a $432 million contract with DocGo, Inc (formally known […]
Editorial credit: Sean Aidan Calderbank / Shutterstock.com New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander published an opinion piece in The Nation offering a vision for how government can work together so that asylum seekers can help the city thrive. Read the full op-ed below: Mayor Eric Adams said the quiet part way too loud last […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Jeff Coltin NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams made some of his strongest comments yet on his concerns about the unending flow of migrants coming to the city, warning it will upend neighborhoods and continue to strain resources. “Never in my life have I had […]
By Priscilla Alvarez, Polo Sandoval and Mark Morales, CNN The White House defended its response to the asylum seeker influx facing New York Friday, arguing that without congressional action, the administration is limited in what it can do, following a letter from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul urging more action. The growing number of migrants at the […]
Governor Kathy Hochul today extended an Executive Order which provides the State with greater flexibility to procure the resources necessary for municipalities to support asylum seekers and provide them with humanitarian aid. This Executive Order follows Governor Hochul’s public address to New Yorkers on the asylum seeker crisis. “New York State continues to deploy significant resources to […]