The NYC Migrant Crisis: A review and update of developments thus far:
- New York City officials confirm a pilot program is being launched to provide some asylum seekers with pre-paid debit cards.
NYC Starts Mass Migrant Evictions. Hospitals, Schools and Hotels are filled with Migrants.
The city argues that knowingly sending migrants here “to overwhelm our social services system” violates New York State law.
Migrants at shelters across New York City will be evicted if they stayed for at least 60 days.
Outrage over NYC migrant shelter evictions.
Now, immigrations advocates and local politicians are blasting Mayor Eric Adams and demanding an end to the policy.
In the past year alone, medical centers across the five boroughs have received nearly 30,000 visits from undocumented migrants seeking medical care, according to data from New York City Health + Hospitals, which operates the city’s public hospitals and clinics.
About 300 new babies have been born to migrant moms during that period, most at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, which has seen one-quarter of the overall migrant visits.
Other social services in the city are also experiencing rises in demand from the migrant influx, including housing and nutrition programs.
NYC School Closed to house Migrants.
NYC decision to move migrants from tent shelter to a school amid storm draws fire.
Nearly 2,000 asylum-seekers were bused to a Brooklyn high school to ride out the storm, drawing complaints from some parents, politicians and immigration advocates.
DeSantis rips Biden and NYC for kicking students out of school for illegal migrants. ##