Masbia in CityandStateNY: With asylum seekersâ arrival in NYC, shelter advocates worry the city will cut legal corners
Posted on: October 3, 2022The mayorâs plan to temporarily house some arrivals outside the city shelter system, with its stringent criteria, has advocates on alert. Late in the morning on Sept. 23, roughly 50 new arrivals to New York City â men, women and children, including several toddlers and babies â waited on chairs inside a gated-off section of the main entrance to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. They were surrounded by bags…