migrant crisis

New York City said the huge migrant shelter on Randall’s Island is set to close in February. Officials said a steady decline in the arriving migrant population has changed the reality and necessity of the temporary shelter. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

A tent shelter on city parkland — Randall’s Island — got the official word Wednesday that it will be closing down in four months.  “We are going to be able to close that site by the end of February,” said Anne William’s-Isom, New York City’s deputy mayor who oversees the humanitarian response.  She cited 14 consecutive weeks of declining...

New York City is expanding a program it launched in March that gives prepaid debit cards to migrants staying in city-funded hotels, allowing them to buy food and baby supplies at specified stores. 

Immigrants in New York’s shelter system may be getting evicted even if they are pregnant, according to an audit of the city’s shelter eviction policies

The challenges of NYC’s asylum seeker crisis are many, from the cost of caring for nearly 200,000 people arriving, to concerns about crime that have led to curfews at many migrant shelters. But the leader of one of the many groups helping migrants settle here says there are also successes to celebrate. NBC New York’s Michael Gargiulo reports.

New York City will move to end its contract with a medical services company hired to house and care for a recent influx of international migrants, following scrutiny over the firm’s costly deal with the city and the quality of its humanitarian services. Mayor Eric Adams’ office on Tuesday said the city would not renew its contract with DocGo before it expires...

NYC is now issuing pre-loaded debit cards to asylum seeking families, along with some more new shelter rules too. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports. 

Many migrants currently in NYC shelters will be given housing for 30 days, and then they’re on their own. The city’s so-called “right to shelter” will remain in tact, including for migrants, but a new deal with homeless advocates will give the city more power to determine how long migrants can stay in those shelters. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo...

The shelter requirement has been in place for more than four decades in New York City.

New York is stepping up their security at migrant shelters in the city. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports. 

For the second time in two days, police uncovered an illegal makeshift migrant shelter, this time in the Fordham neighborhood in the Bronx — and both illegal shelters were in businesses owned by the same man. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.

For the second time in as many days, police uncovered an illegal makeshift migrant shelter housing dozens of people inside a commercial business, this time in the Bronx.

A complaint about e-bikes led to a shocking discovery: Dozens of migrants living in a Richmond Hill basement. More than 70 migrants were living in the basement, with beds stacked close together — and so many people living there, they were forced to sleep in shifts. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

As many as 47 migrants were sleeping in shifts in a basement in Queens, according to city officials who discovered the situation after someone reported that e-bikes were being charged there. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

FDNY fire prevention inspectors checking a tip about a collection of e-bike batteries posing a potential hazard, discovered 40 migrants sleeping in a Queens basement behind a furniture store, according to three city officials and the landlord himself. Upon entry to investigate the reported fire risk at the South Richmond Hill home on Liberty Avenue, inspectors were surprised to find…

New York is expanding a curfew to additional migrant shelters. Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will impose an 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew at 20 migrant shelters starting Monday, after initially placing the restrictions at four other locations. The Daily News reports the curfew impacts about 3,600 migrants. The city’s traditional homeless shelters have long had such curfews. The 24...

New York law enforcement officials say the four men in ICE custody in Arizona are not the same four men believed to be involved in last month’s attack on NYPD officers in Times Square, despite the federal agency’s claim. The Manhattan district attorney’s office put out a statement Wednesday stating the detainees were not connected. “The Manhattan D.A.’s Office...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is expected to present charges to a grand jury on Tuesday after two NYPD officers were attacked by a group that included migrants in Times Square last weekend. In a statement issued one week after the attack, Bragg this weekend also acknowledged some of those responsible have not been identified or arrested. According to authorities,…

Police said the suspects have been wreaking havoc around NYC for months, riding around on mopeds as they robbed targets during all hours of the days. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Top city officials are calling for changes in law following an attack on NYPD cops in Times Square. News 4’s Melissa Russo reports.