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NYC's Homeless Services czar looks badly in over his head
Now Jenkins has skipped town (to Mexico, no less!) amid a crisis. What is he thinking? Adams should already be looking for a top-notch replacement.
Break from the border: NYC commish on vacation as migrant crisis swells
The Big Apple's embattled social services chief, Gary Jenkins, will be out of the office for nearly two weeks as the city's shelter system strains under the weight of thousands...
NYC needs info on migrants, now — or faces being totally overwhelmed
As it stands, a Post analysis shows the city could spend more than $300 million a year to house migrants in hotel-based shelters.
Language barrier leaves Venezuelan migrant family stuck in NYC shelter without food
The pair fled Venezuela to escape the soaring crime and economic collapse that have defined the term of the country's strong man, Nicolás Maduro.
Wait goes on for NYC housing vouchers despite 'immediate' fix pledge
"The City must make good on their promise and amend its rules to enable eligible households immediate access to rental assistance vouchers upon entering shelter."
Cost of living: NYC could spend $300M annually to house migrants in hotels
The Big Apple could be on the hook for more than $300 million per year to provide shelter space in hotels for newly arrived migrants, a Post analysis shows. City...
NYC moving migrants into famed luxury Times Square hotel
A Manhattan hotel once seen as the "Lullabuy of Broadway" will soon be providing beddy-bye to hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants.
Mayor Adams defends Social Services commissioner, hiring of casino pal to agency
Mayor Adams' response during a slew of morning TV and radio interviews came just hours after he ducked out of an event with the City Hall press corps without taking...
Take the money and run! Migrants use charity cash to flee NYC when they can't get into shelter
Four asylum-seekers who braved trekking to the US-Mexico border got so fed up waiting for beds in New York that they used charity money to head to Washington, DC.
Adams quietly seeks rush NYC shelter for migrants shipped from border: docs
Adams' Department of Homeless Services requested Thursday that the city's non-profit shelter operators prepare and submit plans to operate the facility, to hold up to 600 households.
Biden officials give migrants wrong address for NYC homeless shelters: report
One family from Venezuela was forced to sleep in a car after being turned away from a Manhattan shelter that doesn't accept kids.
Adams touts NYC businesses donating $8M for homeless services
The majority of the funding will be delivered via a "Homeless Assistance Fund."
'It was either they kill us or we come here': Migrants in NYC detail planned asylum claims
“All we were told was to show up to our immigration appointment and plead our case,” he said.
Eric Adams calls Texas and Arizona govs 'cowards' for sending migrants to DC
"Our country is home of the free, land of the brave," Mayor Eric Adams said during a City Hall news conference about migrants. "We do not become cowards and send...
Why are we here? Migrants sent to NYC amid homeless shelter crisis have no local ties, were directed here by Biden admin
On Tuesday, Adams said more than 2,800 asylum-seeking migrants entered the city’s shelter system in recent weeks and he called on Biden to send “additional resources immediately” to help the...
Border crisis hits NYC: Adams calls on Biden as shelters overrun with migrants
Adams called on President Biden to send "additional federal resources immediately" so the city can handle the overflow.
Head of scandal-scarred shelter agency raked in $1M in taxpayer-funded pay
Even as the city was scrutinizing CORE Services Group, its embattled CEO Jack Brown was raking in a shocking $1,069,334 in salary and benefits from CORE and related entities.
City Hall says 1,300 homeless NYers moved from subway to shelter since crackdown
“Three months into our work making subways safer and connecting New Yorkers in need with services, and it is evident that our efforts are working,” said Adams.
City sweeps have prompted just 39 homeless New Yorkers to shelter since March
Mayor Eric Adams’ homeless encampment sweeps are prompting an average of less than one homeless New Yorker per day to enter the city’s shelter system.
Plan for second Chinatown homeless shelter nixed after criticism
City Hall has nixed plans to open a new homeless shelter in Chinatown, following a wave of complaints from local residents.