As more and more migrants flood into New York straining the city's already overrun shelter system, Mayor Adams signed an executive order today to ease the crisis.
He lifted the 90-day Rule that required anyone in a homeless shelter to remain there for three months before they could apply for a housing voucher to help them pay rent.
"Our goal is to get people into permanent housing. That's our goal. We can't accomplish that goal if the inventory is not there.""People often look at the city and say build more without realizing the beginning of the process of building more starts upstate," XXX said.
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