Mayor Adams' admin asks court for clearance to lift NYC right to shelter whenever adult homeless population spikes
Mayor Adams’ administration on Tuesday asked a judge to allow it to suspend the city’s right-to-shelter mandate until the count of single adults seeking shelter from the city drops, laying out in new detail the circumstances when it believes it should be able to disregard the longtime commitment. The request comes amid the swelling migrant crisis, which shows no signs of abating. The city ...