Around 3,000 asylum-seekers in NYC have hit shelter limit. Roughly half have reapplied to stay.

There are around 3,000 asylum-seekers currently staying in shelters in New York City who have been told that their time is up, but about half of them are reportedly reapplying to stay.

The Big Apple has struggled to host a massive influx of asylum-seekers, which has surpassed 120,000 over the past year, according to the Associated Press.

About half of them — 60,000 in total — have been residing in shelters run by the city itself. The report noted that the city is legally required to provide emergency housing to those considered homeless throughout the city.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced in the summer that the state would begin giving migrants two months to get out of city shelters. The mandate has now extended to families with children, and those without children now have a month to find somewhere else to live.

A total of 3,025 migrants have had their 60 days expire, with roughly half of them reapplying to stay in the shelters for an extended period of time. Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom claimed that those not reapplying to stay could be a sign that many asylum-seekers have managed to find their own housing, per the Daily News.

But Josh Goldfein, a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society, disagrees with the way the Adams administration is handling the situation. “It would make more sense to step up real case management and help people move out on whatever timeline is appropriate for them, rather than arbitrarily telling people they need to come back," he said.

Conversely, there are those who believe Adams is not doing enough to secure the well-being of asylum-seekers. ABC News reported that Murad Awawdeh, the executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, said that it was "outrageous the way the Adams administration continues to go out of its way to gut New York City's right-to-shelter protections."

"This policy ensures that all New Yorkers, no matter when they arrived here, can maintain a roof over their heads while they stabilize their lives and get on the road to self-sufficiency."

He continued: "Now, Mayor Adams is putting children in danger by forcing some asylum seeking families to stay in congregate settings as well as mandating families re-apply for shelter after 60 days, a move that creates unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles for people who are already struggling."

It is unknown how many of these asylum-seekers are actively attempting to go through the process of becoming legal citizens.

Adams previously complained about Texas Governor Greg Abbott sending illegal immigrants to New York City, claiming that the influx of immigrants into the Big Apple would destroy the city.

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