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New York’s ‘Right to Shelter’ No Longer Exists for Thousands of Migrants

Migrants wait in line outside the St. Brigid shelter reticketing site in the East Village.

After 42 years, New York City’s “right to shelter,” which was supposed to guarantee a bed to anyone who sought one the same day, has functionally ended.  Mayor Eric Adams has warned for months this moment was approaching, and even went to court this past spring to try to have the city released from the […]

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