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NYC FACES AN ONGOING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

In an announcement dated December 1, 2022, the New York City Mayor's Office indicated that Mayor Adams was extending Emergency Order No. 224 (dated October 7, 2022), another five days, due to the continuing need for emergency measures given the "thousands of asylum seekers" that are purportedly being bused into the NYC area from states such as Texas.

At this rate, these "weekly" extension orders will likely be issued for YEARS to come.

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Emergency Executive Order 274

December 1, 2022

WHEREAS, over the past several months, thousands of asylum seekers have been arriving in New York City, from the Southern border, without having any immediate plans for shelter; and

WHEREAS, the City now faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that requires it to take extraordinary measures to meet the immediate needs of the asylum seekers while continuing to serve the tens of thousands of people who are currently using the DHS Shelter System; and

WHEREAS, if asylum seekers continue to enter the City at the current rate, the total population within the DHS Shelter System will exceed 100,000 individuals next year;

WHEREAS, additional reasons for requiring the measures continued in this Order are set forth in Emergency Executive Order No. 224, dated October 7, 2022; and

WHEREAS, the state of emergency based on the arrival of thousands of individuals and families seeking asylum, first declared in Emergency Executive Order No. 224, dated October 7, 2022, and extended most recently by Emergency Executive Order No. 254, dated November 6, 2022, remains in effect;

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the laws of the State of New York and the City of New York, including but not limited to the New York Executive Law, the New York City Charter and the Administrative Code of the City of New York, and the common law authority to protect the public in the event of an emergency:

Section 1. I hereby order that section 1 of Emergency Executive Order No. 270, dated November 26, 2022, is extended for five (5) days.

§ 2. This Emergency Executive Order shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect for five (5) days unless it is terminated or modified at an earlier date.


Eric Adams
Mayor

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