65% of migrants handed notices of 60-day shelter limit say they want to leave system: NYC officials

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on
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Officials with Mayor Eric Adams administration on Thursday said a new 60-day limit on shelter stays for adult migrants is working as intended, with 65% of those in many emergency facilities handed notices about the policy indicating they will make a plan to leave the system.

The remarks came during a City Council hearing examining the relatively new policy, which Adams rolled out last month as a means of providing more shelter space to families with children as the city has become completely overwhelmed by asylum seeking migrants.

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65% of migrants handed notices of 60-day shelter limit say they want to leave system: NYC officials

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