New York City and New York state are headed for a high-stakes court battle Wednesday over the right to shelter.
As CBS New York political reporter Marcia Kramer reports, it's not only a battle over the right to shelter but the acute need for more space. The city's recently opened mega-shelters are filling up fast, and there's now the disclosure thatAsylum seekers to be housed at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, Gov. Hochul says
The city averaged 600 new arrivals each day last week. The week before it was between 300 and 400 each day. "The fact is there's no ideal place to be doing this. We now have over 200 emergency sites across the city. Every single one of them has major issues that need to be addressed and mitigated," Iscol said.
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