New York City sues 31 state localities for refusing asylum seekers
The move comes as another 2,100 arrived in the city last week, increasing the overall total to more than 74,000
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The move comes as another 2,100 arrived in the city last week, increasing the overall total to more than 74,000
Among the findings: more than 97% of the people stopped by NST officers were Black or Hispanic.
They argue there are many common sense ways for asylum seekers to be sheltered.
The mayor says he is not looking to end the right to shelter. Instead, he wants a judge to suspend the policy.
The city says it is expecting as many as 15 more busloads over the weekend.
There are questions about how the NYPD handles disciplinary cases against police officers.
Flooding and other damage caused by the storm forced nearly 400 families in the city to seek emergency housing.
The Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless have said they have concerns.
Many are calling the mayor's plan draconian, adding it doesn't get to the root of the problem.
Adams is going to go after brokers and apartment owners who think it's okay to turn low income New Yorkers away.
As CBS2's Marcia Kramer reports, the mayor is going to go after brokers and apartment owners who think it's okay to turn low income New Yorkers away.
The mayor says the new location has better access to public transportation and is less prone to flooding.
It will open two humanitarian emergency response and relief centers in the coming weeks.
The Legal Aid Society says the DHS told them beds were available, but there was an operational issue.
Advocates say at least 60 people, some of them migrants arriving in New York, were denied beds at a Manhattan shelter, and now the Legal Aid Society is vowing to sue the city for breaking the law. CBS2's Alecia Reid reports.
The NYPD says 716 people, in a city of eight million, are responsible for 30% of shootings since the start of 2021.
The former will rise 3.25 percent and the latter will go up 5 percent, following 5-4 vote Tuesday night.
The board's ultimate decision in June will impact nearly 2 million apartments in the city.
The Legal Aid Society is calling on the state to limit the number of cases on the calendar.
Tuesday, Legal Aid attorneys said they cannot take new housing court cases in Queens this month, highlighting a much bigger problem.
For people facing eviction, it may now be harder to get a free attorney. Legal Aid officials said Tuesday they cannot take new housing court cases in Queens in April, highlighting a much bigger problem; CBS2's Aundrea Cline-Thomas reports.
Facing a budget deadline, state lawmakers appear ready to do something that they said only last week was unthinkable.
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Group alleges thousands of innocent residents, including children, have had their DNA entered into a suspect index.
