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QUESTION

How is the situation regarding asylum seekers and school support in NYC being managed?

2:23:09

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The dynamic situation at the border is causing fluctuations in the number of asylum seekers, but efforts are made to maintain continuity in children's education.

Numbers of asylum seekers arriving in NYC are beginning to increase again.
School staff have played a heroic role in supporting the educational needs of children from asylum-seeking families.
The Mayor's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations (MOASO) is committed to minimizing disruptions in schooling as much as possible.

Gale Brewer

2:23:09

I hope the 60 day, 30 day for families ends because I do, okay, now we've got them under our first guys.

2:23:16

Maybe they do have family in Texas, and that's worked out.

2:23:19

Someone who are coming back though, as you know, and they're calling the schools because that's where they know a trusted partner.

2:23:25

And they're returning because wherever they ended up in Idaho, whatever is not great.

2:23:31

So I'm just suggesting that we don't go through this again.

2:23:34

I mean, I I do know that the numbers of families going into the schools is going down because I assume that whatever's going on at the border, whatever, People are not hearing great things about New York or whatever reason.

2:23:46

So maybe we don't have to go through the 60 day thing again with the family.

2:23:49

Is that being considered?

Molly Schaeffer

2:23:51

So I wanna say that things at the border are incredibly dynamic as you know.

2:23:56

Numbers are starting to tick up again.

2:23:58

Which is, you know, is what it is.

2:24:01

And so we constantly have to pivot and shift and manage in terms of peaks and valleys, in terms of times of surge and times of not surge.

2:24:11

We I cannot speak enough about the heroic nature of school staff.

Gale Brewer

2:24:18

I've said they've

Anne Faucet

2:24:19

been over and over again.

Molly Schaeffer

2:24:20

Like, it's amazing what the what they've been able to provide the kids.

2:24:26

And we will continue to make sure that we are not disrupting kids schooling as best as possible.

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