NYC Faces Backlash for Limiting Access to Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Leaving Many Homeless

As New York City faces an overwhelming influx of over 90,000 migrants and asylum seekers in the past year, Mayor Eric Adams is challenging the city's right to shelter law and implementing measures to limit access to shelters, leaving many homeless. A new mega shelter in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill neighborhood has already been plagued with accusations of abuse and dire conditions, with overcrowding, limited access to food, and mistreatment by security guards. Advocates criticize the policy shift, highlighting the city's long-standing reputation as a beacon for immigrants, while many migrants and asylum seekers are forced to sleep under highway overpasses or join homeless camps.