The city has opened 188 facilities to shelter asylum-seekers since last spring, scrambling to repurpose spaces in church basements, gymnasiums, warehouses, and vacant office buildings - but most facilities are at capacity, Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom said at the briefing. “We must now take additional steps and create urgently needed space for families with children who continue to arrive seeking asylum.”Ĭity officials said 2,800 asylum-seekers entered the system just in the last week.

“We have no more room in the city and we need help,” Adams said at a news conference announcing the plan. It comes as the city contends with the ongoing influx of asylum-seekers from the southern border and elsewhere, and with shelter capacity strained by an all-time high of more than 105,800 residents - including more than 54,800 migrants.

Asylum-seekers who have spent “significant” time in municipal shelters will begin receiving 60-day warnings to find someplace else to stay, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday in what marks a dramatic shift in city policy.

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