NYC modifies right-to-shelter law amid migrant crisis
The modifications are temporary, but allow the city to limit how long some asylum seekers can stay at shelters.
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The modifications are temporary, but allow the city to limit how long some asylum seekers can stay at shelters.
The modifications are temporary, but allow the city to limit how long some asylum seekers can stay at shelters. CBS New York's Dick Brennan reports.
Advocates for Muslim asylum seekers in New York City claim shelters housing them are disproportionately underserved, especially as they need to fast for Ramadan.
Advocates for Muslim asylum seekers claim shelters housing them are disproportionately underserved, especially while they need to fast for Ramadan. CBS New York's Kristie Keleshian reports.
After months of negotiations, the agreement allows New York City to limit how long some asylum seekers can stay at shelters. CBS New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
In the last year, U.S. Border Patrol agents said they have arrested record numbers of migrants trying to cross the northern border of the United States.
The sound of clothes being cleaned in a washing machine may be almost as important as being able to recite the ABCs, according to City Councilwoman Gale Brewer. CBS New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
Yanny Cordero claims there was a misunderstanding with staff at the shelter which led to him being hit with a stun gun.
The man says police Tased him while he was holding his 1-year-old son, after officers said they were responding to a disturbance. CBS New York's Christina Fan has reaction.
A man was Tased by police while holding his 1-year-old son at a shelter in Jamaica. Officers say they were responding to a dispute, but the man is blaming a language barrier. CBS New York's Christian Fan has the story.
Yanny Cordero claims there was a misunderstanding with staff at the shelter that led to him being hit with a stun gun. CBS New York's Ali Bauman reports.
The man claims it was all a misunderstand about whether or not he could bring food up to his room. CBS New York's Lisa Rozner reports.
A lawsuit raises concerns about the shelter's capacity and location near the heavily contaminated Gowanus Canal.
Local leaders say the shelter would house too many people, and they cite environmental concerns near the Gowanus Canal.
A 16-year-old launched a soccer clinic for migrant kids with help from the organization Artists Athletes Activists.
A Brooklyn high school student is turning her love for soccer into a way to help asylum seekers.
There's pushback over an emergency migrant shelter the city wants to open on a Superfund site in Brooklyn.
There's pushback over an emergency migrant shelter the city wants to open in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The problem? Its size and the fact it's on a Superfund site. But many residents told CBS New York's Kristie Keleshian they are in support of it.
New legislation would prohibit caps on shelter stays for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness, including asylum seekers.
New legislation would prohibit caps on shelter stays for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness, including asylum seekers. CBS New York's Jennifer Bisram reports.
Demonstrators rallied in Lower Manhattan to support changing a policy that limits how long migrants can stay at shelters. CBS New York's Jennifer Bisram reports.
Dozens of men were cramped in basements with beds stacked on top of each other at buildings in Queens and the Bronx.
For the second time in less than a week, New York City shut down an illegal migrant shelter inside a business. The properties in the Bronx and Queens are owned by the same man.
Dozens of men were cramped in basements with beds stacked on top of each other at buildings in the Bronx and Queens. CBS New York's Jennifer Bisram reports.
Young people in crisis find food, friendship, clothing and calm at the organization's drop-in center on 125th Street.
