New York—Yesterday, the Schenectady County Legislature passed a resolution directing their County Manager to issue a state of emergency and emergency order that temporarily prohibits New York City from relocating asylum seekers to Schenectady County. Starting on July 18, three buses carrying around 150 asylum seekers arrived at the Super8 Motel in Rotterdam.

New York, NY—Today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced that the City will begin imposing a 60-day limit for how long people can stay in shelters.

Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition:

“Getting people into permanent housing needs to be the number one priority and solution to freeing up space in the City’s overburdened shelter system.

New York, NY—Today, NYC Mayor Adams announced that the City is opening two new Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRCs). The Crowne Plaza JFK Airport New York in Queens will serve 330 families, and 47 Hall Street in Brooklyn will serve 1,400 adults.

New York, NY—Yesterday, the Putnam County Legislature passed a measure to expand the Putnam County Code entitled “Unauthorized Operation of Homeless Shelters,” to include temporary housing of asylum seekers. In addition, the County Executive Kevin Byrne has advanced legislation to make Putnam a ‘rule of law’ county, to remove any ‘sanctuary designation’ associated with Putnam.

New York, NY—Today, the New York City Mayor and City Council agreed to an $107 billion executive budget for fiscal year 2024, with $8 billion in reserves. This includes restoring the $36.2 million investment in the public library system; increasing baseline funding for Fair Fares to $95 million to expand eligibility; $16 million in funding for 600 Promise NYC child care slots for undocumented children and their families; $4 million to continue funding for DOE’s Immigrant Family Engagement program, which helps parents, who either do not speak English or are outside the nine standard translated languages, communicate with schools about their children’s education.

New York, NY—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its own 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger. This ruling makes affirmative action in college admissions illegal, and bars universities from considering race in admission decisions.

Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition:

“The Supreme Court made clear today that they either don’t fully comprehend the appalling impact that systemic racism has on our society or they do know and just don’t care.

New York, NY—Today, The City published an article detailing allegations of persistent sexual harassment and abusive conditions at the GLo Hotel, a NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) emergency shelter for asylum seeker women and families operated by the 163rd Street Improvement Council.

New York, NY—Today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a package of four bills from the City Council that would help houseless New Yorkers get into permanent housing by expanding eligibility to CityFHEPS vouchers, and ultimately allowing New Yorkers to circumvent the shelter system altogether.

New York—On Wednesday, State Supreme Court Judge Sandra Sciortino granted Orange County a preliminary injunction that stops New York City from sending asylum seekers to hotels in Orange County without getting a court order, and mandates that New York City continues to pay for services for the 186 asylum seekers already staying at two hotels in Newburgh.

Our City, Our Vote legislation grants local voting rights in municipal elections to lawful permanent residents and persons authorized to work

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New York — Today, members of the Our City, Our Vote Coalition, interveners in the case, and elected officials rallied outside of NYS Supreme Court, Appellate Division ahead of oral arguments in the case Fossella v. New York City, which will decide on the ability of the city’s permanent residents to vote in municipal elections.