NYC pushes to get migrants work permits, but shelter evictions could complicate the process

Some New York City legal services providers are worried that the Adams administration’s recent policy of evicting thousands of migrants from homeless shelters after 30 or 60 days and making them reapply for housing could create additional challenges for those eligible for work authorization — a solution city and state officials say is critical to alleviating a crowded shelter system.

City Hall’s new requirement could mean applicants don’t have a stable address where the federal government can send them immigration paperwork, according to several nonprofit groups. Single migrant adults have to reapply for shelter after 30 days and families with children staying in shelters run by NYC Health and Hospitals are limited to 60-day stays.

“That's sort of one of the big things that people are trying to figure out right now,” said Camille Mackler, executive director of Immigrant ARC, a network of 80 legal providers.

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