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The State Emigrant Refuge and Hospital was a New York State immigration complex located on Wards Island in New York City. Established in 1847, it primarily consisted of a public shelter and a hospital, later known as the Verplanck State Emigrant Hospital, both of which served recent immigrant arrivals to the Port of New York. [1]
Randalls Island (sometimes called Randall's Island) and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Island, in New York City. [1] [2] [3] Part of the borough of Manhattan, it is separated from Manhattan Island by the Harlem River, from Queens by the East River and Hell Gate, and from the Bronx by the Bronx Kill.
The cover of the Hobo News in the late 1910s, published by the International Brotherhood Welfare Association. This is a list of notable street newspapers. A street newspaper is a newspaper or magazine sold by homeless or poor individuals and produced mainly to support these populations. Most such newspapers primarily provide coverage about ...
NYC is planning to pay an additional $43 million to keep a Queens homeless shelter open that’s been the subject of 2,251 911 calls, 677 other emergency calls and 278 on-site arrests.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting the city's effort to suspend a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to homeless people, as a large ...
Some immigrants in New York City could be formally denied emergency housing after officials and human rights advocates agreed to compromise on the interpretation of a unique legal decision that ...
After New York Mayor Eric Adams announced plans for a 2,000-bed migrant shelter in the Bronx, Rep. Ritchie Torres slammed the decision, accusing Adams of creating an immigrant “dumping ground."
Created in 1993, the department was the first of its kind nationally; with a mission exclusively focused on the issue of homelessness. [7] The Department of Homeless Services was created in response to the growing number of homeless New Yorkers and the 1981 New York Supreme Court Consent Decree that mandates the State provide shelter to all homeless people. [8]