homelessness

The full Council is scheduled to meet at 1:30 p.m.

The City Council has filed to intervene in the Legal Aid Society's suit that aims to force the Adams administration to expand the city's housing voucher program.

City officials say migrant families with no place to stay can reapply for shelter at an intake center in Midtown.

The first dozen migrant families would have originally had to leave their current shelters after Christmas.

The Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless called on the city to rectify the situation outside a reticketing center in the East Village.

The line of new arrivals wrapped around the block outside the former St. Brigid School in the East Village.

The participants drew attention to Adams administration policies limiting how long asylum-seekers can stay in city shelters. “The mayor has several houses," one said.

The long-standing problem of student homelessness became more dire in the 2022-23 school year, according to an analysis of state data.

Attorneys for the Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless, which are involved in the case, hailed the outcome.

City Hall officials say the rate of occupancy is not "sustainable."