Mayor Eric Adams — despite acknowledging that NYC’s right-to-shelter law does not differentiate between citizens and non-citizens — says parts of the law do not apply to migrants seeking asylum because the city is “dealing with a humanitarian crisis.”
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Mayor Eric Adams says some parts of New York City’s right-to-shelter law do not apply to the current influx of migrants seeking asylum because the city is “dealing with a humanitarian crisis.”— which requires the city to provide shelter and a bed to anyone who seeks it — is inapplicable to the city’s current situation, where tens of thousands of border-crossers have poured into New York City as they navigate the lengthy asylum process.
“We believe when you look at the number of hours that someone must be in — when you receive 800 people in one day, 3,000 in one week — the number of hours that they must comply with that rule in right to shelter falls in a different category when you're dealing with a humanitarian crisis,” Adams told "Morning Edition" host Michael Hill.
The Democratic mayor acknowledged that the right-to-shelter law, which dates back to the late 1970s, does not differentiate between citizens and noncitizens. But he claimed the extent of the city’s current crisis alters the legal playing field. Adams first asserted the right-to-shelter law doesn’t apply to the current wave of asylum-seekers on Wednesday, when he appeared on WABC’s "Sid and Friends in the Morning.
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