CBS New York – “They told us they’re going to relocate us, but not here in Manhattan, not close to where my kids go to school,” the mother said. “My daughter, who is 16 years old, she tells me, ‘Mommy, I don’t want to go to another location,’ or to somewhere far away because she likes the school.”

“At this hearing, I want to focus on the harm shelter evictions have caused for public school students,” said City Councilmember Shahana Hanif, chair of the Committee on Immigration. “When a child is forced to leave a shelter their place in the school community is threatened.”

Hanif questioned Department of Education officials at a hearing Wednesday about whether or not students can stay in their current schools even if they move [Read More].