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Migrants offered tickets out of NYC, indefinite wait for housing as crisis crashes shelter system
Source: New York Daily News
Migrants ousted from city shelters due to new time limits are being offered free tickets out of NYC or being sent to so-called “waiting rooms” at local shelters with no assurance they’ll get a new bed, the latest signs the crisis is crashing the city’s social safety net system.
A newly established “reticketing office” in Manhattan’s East Village is among the latest frontiers in the crisis, where migrants who spoke with the Daily News on Monday said they went after being told that’s where they could reapply for new city shelter beds. Their visits came after the expirations of their 30- and 60-day allowances to stay in a city shelter — a policy enacted by Mayor Adams as a result of a lack of space.
But once they arrived at the office, which is operating out of an old Catholic school on E. Seventh St., they were told the only option available there was accepting free tickets to any city in the country, Java Juarez, a 47-year-old Nicaraguan migrant, told The News.
Other migrants have been sent to so-called “waiting rooms” described by Josh Goldfein, an attorney with the Legal Aid Society, as makeshift shelters with no beds.
A newly established “reticketing office” in Manhattan’s East Village is among the latest frontiers in the crisis, where migrants who spoke with the Daily News on Monday said they went after being told that’s where they could reapply for new city shelter beds. Their visits came after the expirations of their 30- and 60-day allowances to stay in a city shelter — a policy enacted by Mayor Adams as a result of a lack of space.
But once they arrived at the office, which is operating out of an old Catholic school on E. Seventh St., they were told the only option available there was accepting free tickets to any city in the country, Java Juarez, a 47-year-old Nicaraguan migrant, told The News.
Other migrants have been sent to so-called “waiting rooms” described by Josh Goldfein, an attorney with the Legal Aid Society, as makeshift shelters with no beds.
Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/10/30/migrants-offered-tickets-out-of-nyc-indefinite-wait-for-housing-as-crisis-crashes-shelter-system/?lctg=14E3C49284619533D5F45429F5&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.nydailynews.com%2f2023%2f10%2f30%2fmigrants-offered-tickets-out-of-nyc-indefinite-wait-for-housing-as-crisis-crashes-shelter-system%2f&utm_campaign=Dont-miss&utm_content=%23Listrak%5cDateTimeStampNumeric%23
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