{"id":489,"date":"2024-10-16T14:09:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=489"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T19:12:23","slug":"as-the-migrant-crisis-recedes-in-nyc-criticism-of-the-city-stands-its-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2024\/10\/16\/as-the-migrant-crisis-recedes-in-nyc-criticism-of-the-city-stands-its-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"As the migrant &#8216;crisis&#8217; recedes in NYC, criticism of the city stands its ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/as-the-migrant-crisis-recedes-in-nyc-criticism-of-the-city-stands-its-ground\">Gothamist<\/a> &#8212; By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/staff\/arun-venugopal\">Arun Venugopal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published Oct 16, 2024<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Community Board 1 meeting was a sleepy affair, almost entirely populated by members of the board, city officials and police officers who were all on hand to discuss the state of the city\u2019s migrant influx, which has long been described as a \u201ccrisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the extent to which residents of the district \u2014 which comprises Williamsburg and Greenpoint \u2014 are alarmed by the situation wasn&#8217;t reflected in the meeting&#8217;s attendance on Tuesday night: Just two residents showed up for an update from city officials.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>City Councilmember Shahana Hanif, a Brooklyn Democrat who serves on the Council\u2019s immigration committee, said the decline in weekly arrivals demanded a reconsideration of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/migrants-and-advocates-brace-for-stricter-rules-in-nyc-shelters-as-evictions-loom\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">30- and 60-day shelter stay limits<\/a>&nbsp;for newcomers. She said the measures had proven to be \u201ccostly, counterproductive and a convenient excuse for [Adams&#8217;] austerity budgets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the pace of new arrivals to New York City slows and winter approaches, it\u2019s time for the mayor and his administration to end these policies once and for all,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/as-the-migrant-crisis-recedes-in-nyc-criticism-of-the-city-stands-its-ground\">[Read More: Gothamist &#8212; As the migrant &#8216;crisis&#8217; recedes in NYC, criticism of the city stands its ground]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/as-the-migrant-crisis-recedes-in-nyc-criticism-of-the-city-stands-its-ground\">Gothamist<\/a> &#8212; By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/staff\/arun-venugopal\">Arun Venugopal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published Oct 16, 2024<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Community Board 1 meeting was a sleepy affair, almost entirely populated by members of the board, city officials and police officers who were all on hand to discuss the state of the city\u2019s migrant influx, which has long been described as a \u201ccrisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the extent to which residents of the district \u2014 which comprises Williamsburg and Greenpoint \u2014 are alarmed by the situation wasn&#8217;t reflected in the meeting&#8217;s attendance on Tuesday night: Just two residents showed up for an update from city officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2024\/10\/16\/as-the-migrant-crisis-recedes-in-nyc-criticism-of-the-city-stands-its-ground\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":289,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}