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Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that if there’s a federal government shutdown, it may slow progress on a new program aimed at easing the state’s migrant crisis.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined steps to getting some of the state's 100,000 migrants out of shelters and into jobs, now that the Biden administration has approved temporary work permits.
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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said he knows the asylum seeker crisis can't be solved completely by legislators at the state level but said this is not a time to remain static.
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The governor said the federal Department of the Interior has agreed to allow New York to open Floyd Bennett Field, a former U.S. Navy air station in Brooklyn, to house migrants who are single adults.
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Plans by New York City to send asylum seekers to a Syracuse area hotel are on hold.
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Onondaga County Supreme Court Judge Robert Antonacci approved a restraining order Tuesday against Candlewood Suites on South Bay Road from housing asylum seekers from New York City.
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Onondaga County filed a lawsuit against New York City, Mayor Eric Adams, the NYC Commissioner of Social Services and Candlewood Suites over a violation of the county's emergency order barring migrants.
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Multiple groups who help refugees in Onondaga County are asking the government to help migrants coming from the U.S. southern border.
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Officials from the New York State Association of Counties are sounding the alarm about a major influx of immigrants expected to arrive across the state.
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In response to the expiration of Title 42, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon announces the county is preparing for the "unknown."