ByEyewitness News Sunday, October 15, 2023 6:47PM ARROCHAR, Staten Island (WABC) — The FDNY is inspecting some buildings being used to house asylum shelters for possible fire violations. Inspections is expected to take place Sunday at St. John’s Villa Academy, a former Catholic school being used as a respite center that is currently being challenged …
NEW YORK (WABC) — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced 150 National Guard personnel will be deployed to help with the asylum seeker crisis as the amount of time allowed for migrants to stay in New York City-run shelters will be cut in half. The governor’s announcement brings the total number of personnel to over 2,000, including …
NEW YORK — Beleaguered by a continuing influx of asylum seekers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is further tightening shelter rules by limiting adult migrants to just 30 days in city-run facilities – to help ease pressures on the city’s already struggling shelter system and perhaps dissuade more migrants from coming. The move was …
Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:59AM NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — The federal government is clearing the way for a large number of New York City’s asylum seekers to live and work in the country legally. President Joe Biden is granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country. …
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 9:38AM MIDLAND BEACH, Staten Island (WABC) — Tensions flared on Staten Island Tuesday night as protestors tried to block a group of migrants from getting to a senior living facility. Protestors gathered in front of an MTA bus in front of the former Island Shores Beach building. The 288-bed facility was …
ByEyewitness News Saturday, September 16, 2023 11:29PM NEW YORK (WABC) — Long Island Congressman George Santos weighed in on New York’s migrant crisis on Saturday by accusing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of lying. “Every single time the Biden Administration brings in Secretary Mayorkas, he lies flat out to the American people by saying the …
Monday, September 11, 2023 10:24AM NEW YORK (WABC) — Mayor Eric Adams has said many times that the migrant crisis will impact every single part of the city, and now we know he has directed all city agencies to cut their budgets by 5%. Cuts could grow as high as 15% by next spring. The …
NEW YORK (WABC) — As asylum seekers and their families continue to arrive at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, recent comments from New York City Mayor Eric Adams are drawing reactions. During a community meeting on the Upper West Side this week, Mayor Adams said that the ongoing migrant crisis “will destroy NYC.” “Never in …
ByEyewitness News Thursday, September 7, 2023 9:52PM STATEN ISLAND, New York City (WABC) — There was a show of support Thursday afternoon on Staten Island for migrants. Faith and community members converged to let the migrants know they are welcome. “We are to treat these neighbors with same compassion that we would wish to be …
ByEyewitness News Saturday, August 19, 2023 1:06AM In this edition of ‘Eyewitness News Extra Time,’ we begin with the potentially historic weather on the west coast. Hurricane Hilary, which is churning in the Pacific, is taking aim at Mexico before it’s expected to hit southern California as a tropical storm. It comes as extreme weather …