Mayor Adams May Allow Use of Rental Vouchers for Migrants Seeking Asylum

“NY1 has learned that Mayor Eric Adams is considering making changes to the City’s housing voucher program that would allow them to be used statewide instead of only in the five boroughs,” a policy change being made to help relieve both the City’s overwhelmed shelter system and address the related surge in asylum seekers being bused to New York by the governors of Texas and Florida. Over 110,100 migrants have passed through New York City since the spring of this year, according to the latest numbers from the Adams administration. Learn more.