NYC, state officials trade blame for slow-moving migrant housing program
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration this week chided the state for only moving a fraction of migrant families out of shelter through a $25 million program that kicked off in the spring — and while the city’s numbers were lower than what the state reported, city officials weren’t far off.
But the number of leases still represents less than 5% of the 1,250 families the Migrant Relocation Assistance Program, or MRAP, is funded to support. Williams-Isom’s recent comments and MRAP’s slow progress expose ongoing rifts between the city and state in their handling of the migrant influx, which is bringing hundreds of migrants to the city weekly andIn a statement Thursday, Avi Small, a spokesperson for Gov.
MRAP demands significant coordination among city, state and nonprofit workers — from determining families’ eligibility to transporting them to one of the five counties joined in the resettlement efforts: Albany, Erie, Monroe, Suffolk and Westchester.
Beyond rental subsidies, the program offers eligible families a bevy of social services, including case management, job counseling and medical care. Families must opt in by signingacknowledging they understand “any effects that relocating could have on your immigration case or other legal matters” and that, if authorized to work in the United States, they “must accept any job offered to you that you are able to do and … contribute to your family’s housing and household expenses.
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