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Callahan v. Carey was a landmark case in the New York County Supreme Court that established the duty of New York State to provide shelter for homeless men. It was brought in 1979 as a class action suit, the first such suit by advocates for the homeless in the United States, and settled with the negotiation in 1981 of a consent decree governing the provision of homeless shelters by New York City.
New York City is challenging a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to anyone who asks for it, as the city's shelter system strains under a large influx of ...
Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a court to allow it to suspend the mandate when there is a state of emergency where the shelter population of single adults increases at a rapid ...
As New York City pushes in court to suspend its unique 42-year-old right to shelter, citing the strain of the migrant crisis as the leading driver, concerns are growing about the possible effects ...
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 ...
One exception is Massachusetts, where families (but not homeless individuals) do have the right to shelter. [15] In California, runaway children have the right to be admitted to emergency shelters without parental consent. [16] New York City also recognizes a right to emergency shelter, established in the 1981 consent decree for Callahan v.
Mayor Adams’ administration on Tuesday asked a judge to allow it to suspend the city’s right-to-shelter mandate until the count of single adults seeking shelter from the city drops, laying out ...
New York City has a "right to shelter" law, requiring the city to provide shelter for anyone who asks for it and has no other options. Protest organizers said they were advocating for Hochul to ...