New York City has done and will continue to do its part, but we need counties, cities, and towns across the state to do their part as well, especially when New York City is willing to pay for shelter, food, and more," Fabien Levy, the mayor's spokesman, said in the statement. "Every day, we receive hundreds of additional asylum seekers and we are out of space. Rockland: Immigrants' relocation from NYC to Rockland blocked county mounts more legal challengesĪ spokesperson for Mayor Adams said in a statement Monday that it's a humanitarian crisis with nearly 70,000 asylum seekers having arrived in the city, and the city has opened a host of emergency sites including nine large-scale humanitarian relief centers. It provided no legal authority for the city to act outside of its jurisdictional borders, nor could it.”Īsylum seekers: What we know now about where NYC is sending them, and what's nextĪsylum Seekers: NYC asylum seekers sent to Sullivan, could also be headed to Poughkeepsie “The executive orders purported to suspend various laws and rules applying to the siting, construction, and operations of ‘Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers,’ or ‘HERRCs,’ and suspended various sections of the New York City Charter, the New York City Administrative Code, and the Rules of the City of New York relating thereto. The county, O'Neil and Dutchess’ commissioner of the Department of Community and Family Services are bringing the suit against New York City, Mayor Eric Adams and the city’s acting commissioner of the Department of Social Services, as well as against the hotels' owner/operator limited liability companies.Ī decision to transfer asylum seekers “exceeds their legal authority" and violates a county executive order barring county hotels from being used as emergency shelters, the suit says of the New York City officials, calling it an attempt to establish "an unregulated homeless shelter."Īdams’ executive order “was part of a fundamentally flawed process and exceeded the scope of the mayor's authority” under various city executive orders, the suit adds. The statement said New York City's mayor assured counties there would be advance notice about any people arriving but "that did not happen." The county statement said that it's made requests to the city for information but hasn't received any about the people's identities, the total number or how long they will be here. Meanwhile, town of Poughkeepsie police on Sunday reported two buses arrived at the Red Roof Inn, according to a statement issued by County Executive Bill O'Neil's office on Monday, "but despite repeated requests, Dutchess County has not received any information about individuals, legally in NYC's custodian care, who have been transported by NYC to Dutchess County." The suit seeks to halt what it calls proposed “transporting and/or housing dozens, and possibly more, persons of unknown age or sex, who are experiencing homelessness, who currently reside at a temporary shelter in New York City” to the Red Roof Inn 394 and to a Holiday Inn, both on South Road in the town of Poughkeepsie. Dutchess County officials are suing to stop New York City from sending asylum seekers to proposed temporary shelters in Poughkeepsie, the latest in legal battles over the issue across the Hudson Valley.
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