New York, NY—Yesterday, asylum seekers refused to leave the Watson Hotel, after the city attempted to move them to a new 1,000-bed HERRC at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. 

Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition:

“Housing rights experts and immigrant rights advocates like ourselves have been stating for weeks that the new Brooklyn Cruise Terminal HERRC is in a transit desert, much like the Orchard Beach and Randalls Island locations were, and doesn’t meet the health and safety needs of residents.

New York—On Friday, January 27, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), elected officials, member organizations, housing and education rights allies, police reform organizations, and immigrant New Yorkers rallied and held a press conference on the City Hall Steps.

New York, NY—Today, New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivered his second State of the City address, barely mentioning the needs of immigrant New Yorkers. In his hour-long address, Mayor Adams briefly spoke of the work the City has done to welcome asylum seekers, but spent most of that time calling on other levels of government for help.

New York–NYC Mayor Adams has released a FY2024 preliminary budget that does little to address the increase in new arrivals to New York City and the challenges facing all low-income families. Yet he continues to stoke division by misleading the public with MAGA talking points, scapegoating asylum seekers to justify his austerity budget.

New York, NY—Yesterday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams released the City’s preliminary budget for fiscal year 2024, with relatively little investment made to support immigrant New Yorkers to fully integrate and thrive in New York City. Today, his Administration asked the State to commit funding to support asylum seekers, in addition to their calls to the Federal government.

New York, NY—Today, Governor Hochul delivered her State of the State address and failed to include any mention of her vision for a New York agenda that includes immigrant New Yorkers. In her State of the State briefing book, Governor Hochul committed to working towards retraining immigrants who previously worked in skilled jobs, connecting asylum seekers with agricultural and food industry jobs, providing funding for refugee resettlement programs, expanding funding for the Office of New Americans, and expanding Essential Plan and Medicaid coverage for low-income New Yorkers.

New York, NY—Today, the Biden administration announced plans to limit migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti who enter the United States to 30,0000 each month under humanitarian parole, while expelling those who attempt to cross the border.