Asylum seekers in NYC to be housed at closed hotel, abandoned school
The Roosevelt Hotel has been closed for nearly three years, and now Manhattan's first asylum seeker arrival center will be launched there, CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
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The Roosevelt Hotel has been closed for nearly three years, and now Manhattan's first asylum seeker arrival center will be launched there, CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
We're learning about more locations in New York City being used to accommodate asylum seekers.
On Friday, the first day since March 2020 in which the U.S. could no longer cite Title 42 to expel migrants, Border Patrol apprehended 6,300 migrants, a sharp drop from earlier in the week.
One engaged couple says they can't access hotel rooms that were reserved months ago for their wedding guests.
Many are confused and worried about how and where they can seek asylum.
A spokesman for the mayor says the city has prepared the gym at P.S. 188 in Coney Island.
With potentially 500 migrants arriving daily, the city is trying to figure out where to house them all.
New York City is trying to house hundreds of asylum seekers at Hudson Valley hotels, including one in Newburgh.
The mayor says the city has cared for more than 61,000 asylum seekers and is running out of options.
In a statement, the mayor's spokesperson said in part, "This is not a decision taken lightly."
New York City has been searching for available space for 61,000 asylum seekers -- and counting.
The program, which will initially apply to migrant families heading to four U.S. cities, is part of a larger Biden administration effort to deter migrants from crossing into the U.S. illegally.
The city has welcomed over 60,000 asylum seekers in the past year and more than 37,000 remain in the city's care.
New York City is offering four months of city-paid food, housing and medical care at Hudson Valley hotels.
The city is anticipating 800 asylum seekers a day to begin arriving after Title 42 expires this week.
Two suburban counties are vowing to stop hundreds of asylum seekers from being bussed in from New York City.
Two suburban counties are now vowing to stop hundreds of asylum seekers from being bussed in from New York City, CBS2's Nick Caloway reports.
Mayor Adams is desperately searching for places to house asylum seekers.
The end of emergency immigration restrictions is expected to result in a flood of migrants at the U.S. southern border, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reports.
County leaders are vowing to stop New York City's plan to relocate up to 150 single men from a shelter in the city, CBS2's Tony Aiello reports.
The Orangetown supervisor got an unexpected call from Mayor Eric Adams, who said asylum seekers sent to the city will go to a hotel in her town instead, CBS2's Kristie Keleshian reports.
The Orangetown supervisor got an unexpected call from Mayor Eric Adams, who said asylum seekers sent to the city will go to a hotel in her town instead.
Several buses carrying asylum seekers arrived at the facility this morning, as officials say they have reached their limit of new shelters.
The city estimates by the end of 2024, it will have spent $4.3 billion on services for asylum seekers.
The city says now that Gov. Greg Abbott has resumed busing from the Mexico border, New York could seen an additional 1,000 asylum seekers a day.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday that detainees at Rikers Island with complicated medical needs will be transferred to a Manhattan hospital to get access to specialty care.
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Heights University Hospital, formerly known as Christ Hospital, shuttered its emergency room Saturday night.
A federal judge in New York has tossed out actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie "It Ends With Us," but left intact a claim for retaliation.
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Two men accused of an ISIS-inspired attack outside Gracie Mansion in March have been indicted.
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MetLife Stadium will host eight matches, including the final in July, but soccer fans will have to rely on mass transit because there won't be any parking available. CBS News New York's Christine Sloan reports.
