REMARKS
Examination of 30/60 day shelter limit policies and their consequences
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Council Member Avilés introduces the main topic of the hearing: examining the effects of the 30/60 day shelter limit policies on new arrivals. She highlights concerns raised by advocates and providers about the consequences of these policies.
- The policies were introduced by the Adams Administration in July 2023
- Advocates and providers have raised alarms about the consequences of shelter stay limits
- Concerns are expressed about the lack of case management available to shelter residents
- The policy's impact on housing stability and its effect on benefit applications and immigration status processes are emphasized
Alexa Avilés
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We must be will again examine how the 30, 60 day shelter limit policies are affecting our newest New Yorkers.
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For those individuals who are directly impacted by these policies, who wish to who wish to testify today, but are uncomfortable with sharing their full name in this public setting, please feel free to write your first name only on the witness slip.
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As my co chair mentioned, the 30 and 60 day shelter limits were introduced in July 2023 by the Adams Administration.
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And since then, advocates and providers across the spectrum of fields have sounded the alarm on the consequences
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of these shelter stay limits and
Alexa Avilés
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the lack of of case management available
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to shelter residents.
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Providers have shared how housing instability
Alexa Avilés
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affects the ability of new arrivals to apply for any benefits or immigration statuses.
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If an application for assistance or immigration relief is sent and return and the return address is a shelter that an applicant does not reside in anymore, or has any access to, that only further complicates access to benefits that could help these individuals and families become independent from shelters.
