Councilmembers and immigrant advocates criticized the delay, saying the legislation is intended to help the city better respond to the needs of the nearly 34,000 migrants still in its shelter system. “There's honestly no excuse,” said City Councilmember Alexa Avilés, who chairs the Council’s Immigration Committee. “We have a very large population that it's tending to, and they haven't disappeared. They are still here.” The post City Hall Misses Deadline to Comply With Council Law R...| City Limits
While the Adams administration has been issuing shelter deadlines to adult immigrants for months—what officials say is an effort to manage more than 168,500 new arrivals since 2022, 69,000 of whom remain in the city’s care—Tuesday’s evictions were the first to apply to families with children.| City Limits
