A call for no more shelter evictions

Mayor Adams is threatening to evict asylum-seeking families from shelters starting January 9th: leaving families to wait out in the cold, uprooting children from their schools, and choosing cruelty over compassion.

A press conference was held at Foley Square on January 8th at 11am. We called on the Mayor to end this cruel practice and advocate for more humane solutions for all asylum seekers at the City and State levels.

Instead of this cruel practice that will leave families in the cold and uproot children from their classrooms in the middle of the school year, elected officials and advocates are calling for an elimination of the 60-day limit for families and 30-day limit for single adults in favor of more humane, compassionate solutions for all asylum seekers that protects the City’s Right to Shelter.