NYC Houses of Worship and Private Residences to Shelter Migrants
TL;DR
The Adams administration in NYC will pay houses of worship to shelter migrants as the city struggles to find room for the hundreds arriving daily. The program will initially involve 50 houses of worship, with room for up to 1,000 migrants. The overnight shelters will be paid $65 per night per migrant, up to $35,500 per month, and the daytime centers will be paid $54,000 a month. The city is also considering paying New Yorkers to house migrants in their private homes.
- Migrants in NYC: City to pay houses of worship for shelter Newsday
- NYC migrant crisis: Houses of worship to host hundreds of migrants FOX 5 New York
- Asylum-seekers have long sought out Buffalo's Vive shelter Buffalo News
- Mayor Eric Adams floats idea of New Yorkers housing migrants in 'private residences' New York Post
- 50 NYC houses of worship to start sheltering migrants: Mayor Adams New York Post
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