The Adams administration acted decisively by placing curfews at more migrant shelters – just days after a 15-year-old migrant was jailed for allegedly shooting a tourist and pointing a gun at police during a Times Square robbery.
Twenty respite centers run by Housing Preservation and Development across Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx will begin requiring immigrants to check in nightly at 11 p.m. and stay inside until 6 a.m. starting Monday, The Post has learned.
The rules will affect more than 3,600 immigrants – almost half of whom are single adult men.
The directive mirrors standard curfews at homeless shelters across the Big Apple, and aims to enable more efficient management of bed capacity.
“New York City continues to lead the nation in managing this nation’s humanitarian crisis, and that includes prioritizing the health and safety of both asylum seekers in our care and New Yorkers living in the communities surrounding the emergency shelters we manage,” City Hall said. said a spokesperson in a statement. “
NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is cracking down by placing curfews at more immigrant shelters. Edna Leshowitz/ZUMA Press Wire / SplashNews.com Young immigrants stand outside the Roosevelt Hotel, which houses immigrants on East 45th St. Helayne Seidman
Beginning this week, we will implement a curfew policy at our HPD emergency sites, in line with the curfews that have been implemented at traditional DHS shelters and NYCEM respite sites that serve immigrants and chronically homeless New Yorkers. This policy will enable more efficient capacity management for migrants in urban care.”
The Adams administration has touted plans for widespread curfews for months, even implementing the rules in January at four shelters.
It marks the first major step by Mayor Eric Adams to address complaints from neighbors who say they have been attacked by desperate asylum seekers begging door-to-door for food and clothing.
NYPD officers stand outside the entrance to the Stewart Hotel, which now shelters immigrants and is believed to be home to the immigrant who shot a tourist in Times Square this week. Robert Miller
The sudden expansion to 20 more shelters comes just days after a 15-year-old immigrant living in a Manhattan shelter allegedly shot a Brazilian tourist in the leg while storming a JD Sports store in Times Square. He was later accused of shooting at NYPD officers who were chasing him through busy streets.
Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figueroa and his mother quickly packed their belongings and fled to Yonkers, where they were arrested the next day, according to prosecutors.
Most of the shelters affected are in Manhattan — including the Imperial Hotel, The Gatsby Hotel and the Redford Hotel.
Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figueroa and his mother quickly packed their belongings and fled to Yonkers, where they were arrested the next day. Steven Hirsch Rivas-Figueroa is accused of shooting a security guard and then beating a Brazilian woman in Times Square on February 8, 2024. AP
Five of the shelters exclusively house single adult men, but house almost half of the migrants who will be affected by the new curfew rules.
The curfew was originally implemented in response to complaints from NYC residents living near shelters and immigration centers, who have spoken for weeks about an “invasion” of immigrants knocking on their doors and asking for money at all hours of the day and night. .
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