New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is opening an investigation into Mayor Adams’ 60-day shelter cap as pregnant women are kicked to the curb in Midtown on Monday.
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City Comptroller Brad Lander announced at a press conference Monday that he has launched an investigation into Mayor Eric Adams’ policy to evict migrant families after 60-day hotel stays, and claimed the policy is leading to pregnant women and young families being kicked to the curb.
Lander, who spoke Jan. 9 outside the Row Hotel on 8th Avenue, said that it was unconscionable to be evicting families in cold temperatures and said the policy is cruel.
“This decision to kick families out of shelter in the middle of winter, to displace kids from their school in the middle of the school year is honestly one of the cruelest things that New York City Hall has done in generations,” Lander charged as immigrant families left the hotel directly behind him.
Lander, a staunch critic of Adams’ decision to evict migrant families, said the city should not be so heartless.
He said that he has officially opened an investigation into the City’s implementation of the 60-day shelter limit, pledging to probe the protocols and procedures, along with the effects the policy is having on the people who are being evicted.
“On top of its cruelty, it has been poorly communicated, so families aren’t aware of their options,” Lander said. “We’re gonna launch this investigation because we need to know the answer to a whole bunch of questions: what information is actually being provided to people, are there protocols for the 60 days?”
Immigrant families could be seen coming in and out of the hotel at the time of the press conference.
One immigrant was an eight-month pregnant mother called Maria, who said she had spent her last night in the Row Hotel. She was outside the hotel clutching her swollen belly and standing alongside her husband David. The pair said that they had been…
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