Feb 14, 2025 · New York – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the city will soon close six additional emergency sites dedicated to sheltering and caring for asylum seekers– including the Creedmoor Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, the last of the city's large tent-based emergency response shelters.

Mar 25, 2024 · Today, more than 64,600 asylum-seekers remain in city-run emergency shelters, including converted hotels and large tent-like shelter structures. That population, which includes single adults, adult families and families with children, is spread across the …

6 days ago · Mayor Eric Adams has announced the closure of six more emergency asylum seeker shelters, including the Creedmoor Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center—marking the end of the city’s large tent-based sheltering system.

Feb 10, 2025 · New York City has shuttered a sprawling tent complex erected on a remote former airport and announced the closure of other major shelters housing asylum seekers in its latest efforts to shrink an emergency housing built up in response to a …

Aug 16, 2023 · New York City officials and shelter staffers said they expect to process 100 migrants by the evening. The newest large-scale emergency site, which took nearly two weeks to construct, will cater...

Jan 16, 2025 · New York City has shuttered a sprawling tent complex that housed hundreds of migrant families on a remote former airport in Brooklyn, as it shrinks the emergency shelter system built up in...

Mar 25, 2025 · Advocates and local volunteers rallied to support immigrant families housed in a giant tent encampment in southeast Brooklyn. In February, they shifted their focus after the shelter shut down. Discretion is paramount.

Dec 10, 2024 · New York City will close more than two dozen emergency shelters for migrants and asylum seekers, officials announced Tuesday, citing a steady decline in the number of people in the system over the last several months—though nearly 55,000 remain, the majority of them families with children.

Oct 7, 2024 · In the City of New York, individuals and families experiencing homelessness have the right to access shelter, regardless of their immigration status, when they have no other safe place to go. If someone is in need of shelter, they can seek assistance at intake shelters.

Jan 25, 2024 · An unsanctioned tent camp is growing outside New York City's largest migrant shelter. New immigrants trying to earn a living are also operating a makeshift bazaar, selling coffee, snacks and other items.