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Hochul backs suspending NYC's 'right to shelter' amid migrant influx
Fox News
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed New York City's bid to suspend a legal agreement guaranteeing emergency housing as migrants show up in unprecedented numbers.
The city has for months sought to roll back the so-called right to shelter rule following the arrival of more than 120,000 migrants since last year. Many of the migrants have arrived without housing or jobs, forcing the city to erect emergency shelters and provide various government services, with an estimated cost of $12 billion over the next few years.
The shelter requirement has been in place for more than four decades in New York City, following a legal agreement that required the city to provide temporary housing for every homeless person. No other big city in America has such a requirement.