Mayor Eric Adams used his executive authority Friday to nix the Big Apple’s controversial “90-day rule” requiring homeless people to spend three months in city shelters before bec…
Mayor Eric Adams used his executive powers on Friday to dump a controversial 90-day shelter rule in a bid to move homeless New Yorkers into permanent housing more quickly — and free up beds for migrants in the city-run facilities.
Under the emergency rule, families and individuals staying in shelters will be able to immediately access city-funded rental assistance, otherwise known as the City Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement, to help them with more permanent housing. “With this emergency rule change, we will build on the progress we are already making, moving more New Yorkers from shelter to permanent housing, while freeing up much-needed capacity within the DHS shelter system to ensure that we are effectively continuing to provide shelter to asylum seekers in need.”
“We’re looking at many ways of how we’re going to deal with that influx of migrants and asylum seekers.
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