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New York (CNN) — Jean Carlos Marin-Espinoza has a smile as bright as the lights of New York City. Standing on a corner in midtown Manhattan, he talks about the

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Thousands of asylum seekers are finding help – a place to stay, medical care, food – at a closed-down hotel that’s New York City’s new Ellis Island.

Thousands of asylum seekers are finding help – a place to stay, medical care, food – at a closed-down hotel that’s New York City’s new Ellis Island.

Colleges in Illinois, Massachusetts and elsewhere in New York also have been tapped to deal with the need for housing for people crossing into the US.

None of the city contractors invited to testify bothered to show up to the hearing. Council Members Julie Won and Gale Brewer blamed the Adams administr...

City officials describe the Roosevelt Hotel, the city’s main intake center for homeless migrants, as the “new Ellis Island.” But local political leaders are also hoping to restrict who comes.

The Eagle County School District’s November election for four seats on the Board of Education will be uncontested, with only four candidates submitting nomination petitions by the Friday, Sept. 1 deadline. The candidate field includes...

Single asylum seekers departed the controversial Upper West Side hotel Wednesday and were sent to a pricey new facility on Randall's Island as city officials attempt to keep asylum-seeking families together.

The first wave of adult asylum seekers handed notices limiting their shelter stays to 60 days will be required to vacate the system late next month, Deputy