NYC Mayor Adams reaches settlement in fight to roll back right to shelter

New York City officials reached an agreement on Friday to modify the city’s unique right to shelter rules by capping stays for newly arrived migrant adults, following a monthslong court fight over measures meant to guarantee a bed to anyone in need.

The settlement with the nonprofit Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless — court-appointed monitors of the shelter system — establishes minimum requirements for homeless adult migrants seeking shelter, including a 30-day shelter stay, or 60 days for adults under 23; and access to bathrooms, food and other essentials.

The agreement also allows the city to deny shelter to adults who have exceeded those time limits and don’t take enough steps to find alternate housing or meet other exceptions.

The limits on stays do not apply to families with children and will remain in effect as long as the city is under its current state of emergency related to the rise in migrants who need services.

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