NYC homeless shelter population surges 53% during migrant crisis: mayor’s report
NY Post
The number of homeless people in New York City’s shelter system skyrocketed 53% over the past year — driven by the unrelenting surge of migrants, according to Mayor Eric Adams’s preliminary management report released Tuesday.
The report compares data and performance of city agencies for the first four months of the fiscal year — July through October of 2023 — with the same period in 2022.
“During the first four months of Fiscal 2024, the average number of individuals in shelter per day increased by 53 percent compared to the same period in Fiscal 2023, driven by the unprecedented increase in entrants, primarily asylum seekers who made up over half of all entrants during the period,” the Department of Homeless Services said its quarterly assessment of its shelter system included in the 432-page report.
There was an average of 83,985 people in city-run shelters per day during the quarterly period compared to 54,738 individuals in 2022.
“The flow of asylum seekers to New York City drove a 147 percent increase in entries to shelter for families with children and a 185 percent increase in entries to shelter for adult families,” the report said.
The report noted the number of single adults entering the shelters run or overseen by the DHS plummeted by 13% compared to a year ago.
