City + State – The policy – which involves the city notifying many migrant families that they have 60 days to leave the shelter system or reapply for a new placement – has caused concerns about the potential ramifications on an already vulnerable population of students. While New York City Mayor Eric Adams has insisted that no child’s education will be interrupted as no child will be forced to transfer schools, advocates said the new shelter limits will force families to make difficult decisions about whether to keep their child at their current school despite facing what could be a much longer commute from their new shelter placement.

“The call for a sanctuary city is to make sure that we provide stability. This is the opposite of stability. This is creating more chaos and instability,” New York City Council Immigration Committee Chair Shahana Hanif said. While she’d prefer to see a full reversal of the 60-day rule, she said she hopes city officials will listen to council members and not further expand the rules to migrant families staying in shelters overseen by the Department of Homeless Services [Read More].