NYC is Paying $383 Per Night to House Asylum Seekers in Shelters — Compared to Housing Vouchers that Could Cost Just $50 to $72 Per Night

With NYC Predicting a $12 Billion Price Tag Over Three Years, Expanding Housing Vouchers to All New Yorkers Regardless of Immigration Status Could Significantly Cut Asylum Seeker Costs

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New York, NY–This month, New York City announced over 110,000 New Yorkers are living in homeless shelters, including 58,000 immigrants seeking asylum.

New York, NY—Today, New York City Mayor Adams held a press conference to announce that his administration may need to deepen cuts to city services, as a result of the increasing cost of housing asylum seekers.

Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition:
“Mayor Eric Adams must stop doubling and tripling down on bad strategies and policies that don't work and never did.

New York, NY—Today, the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security sent an “assessment team” to New York City to evaluate the ability of the state and city to handle the ongoing arrivals of asylum seekers.

Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition:
“This past weekend marked the anniversary of the first buses arriving at Port Authority, and, still, the Federal government has made very little progress in delivering Humanitarian Parole or providing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to these asylum seekers.

New York, NY— Yesterday, the Californian Court of Appeal rejected the challenge against Proposition N - which allows noncitizen residents who are adult parents or guardians of children under the age of 19 living in San Francisco to vote in school board elections.

New York, NY—Today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced the opening of a new Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center (HERRC) at Randall’s Island, in partnership with New York State. This announcement followed on the heels of the opening of a new respite site for recently arrived asylum seekers at the Sunset Park Recreation Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

New York, NY—Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California blocked the Biden Administration’s asylum ban. This unlawful policy was put in place at the end of Title 42 in May, and has been used to deny migrants their right to claim asylum.

New York—Yesterday, the Schenectady County Legislature passed a resolution directing their County Manager to issue a state of emergency and emergency order that temporarily prohibits New York City from relocating asylum seekers to Schenectady County. Starting on July 18, three buses carrying around 150 asylum seekers arrived at the Super8 Motel in Rotterdam.

New York, NY—Today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced that the City will begin imposing a 60-day limit for how long people can stay in shelters.

Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition:

“Getting people into permanent housing needs to be the number one priority and solution to freeing up space in the City’s overburdened shelter system.

New York, NY—Today, NYC Mayor Adams announced that the City is opening two new Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRCs). The Crowne Plaza JFK Airport New York in Queens will serve 330 families, and 47 Hall Street in Brooklyn will serve 1,400 adults.

New York, NY—Yesterday, the Putnam County Legislature passed a measure to expand the Putnam County Code entitled “Unauthorized Operation of Homeless Shelters,” to include temporary housing of asylum seekers. In addition, the County Executive Kevin Byrne has advanced legislation to make Putnam a ‘rule of law’ county, to remove any ‘sanctuary designation’ associated with Putnam.