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More beds for migrants: faith leaders and NY SANE Coalition call on City to approve plan to house 5,000 asylum seekers at houses of worship, save over $547 million per year, December 18, 2023

NY SANE, Coalition for the Homeless, The Legal Aid Society, Win, Housing Justice for All, Host Rallies in NYC and Albany to Save Legal Right to Shelter, December 5, 2023

Statement from New York Shelter For All In Need Equally (NY SANE) Coalition on the Opening of Floyd Bennett Shelter, November 1, 2023

New York Shelter for All in Need Equally (NY SANE) Coalition Response to Right to Shelter Lawsuit Settlement, October 20, 2023

Press Mentions

Opinion: Shelter limits are not the answer to the migrant crisis, Catalina Cruz, Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Christine Quinn, City & State NY, March 28, 2024

N.Y. Callahan right-to-shelter deal is not a victory, Dave Giffen and Adriene Holder, NY Daily News, March 22, 2024

Nearly 80% of New Yorkers back right to shelter, poll finds, Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist, January 9, 2024

Leaders, Advocates Unite Against Asylum Shelter Evictions Before Adams Displaces Families, Harlem World, January 8, 2024

Churches, synagogues, mosques could help NYC shelter migrants, Arun Venugopal, Gothamist, December 8, 2023.

Housing advocates rally in Lower Manhattan to defend city’s right-to-shelter law, Dean Moses, The Villager, December 5, 2023

Defensores de inmigrantes en Nueva York protestan a favor del derecho a vivienda para los solicitantes de asilo, Telemundo 47, December 5, 2023

The Right-to-Shelter Battle, Gaby Acevedo, NBC4, December 5, 2023

Housing advocates call on Hochul to protect right to shelter, Molly Burke, Times Union, December 5, 2023

Homeless advocates rally to defend right to shelter in New York City, CBS2, December 5, 2023

Lawmakers, advocates for homeless rally to defend Right to Shelter law in NYC, Lauren Glassberg, ABC7 Eyewitness News, December 5, 2023

Advocates rally to keep Right to Shelter law alive, Julia Joseph and Adolfo Carrion, News 12, December 5, 2023

City's right to shelter faces uncertain future as winter nears, advocates say, Nick Garber, Crain’s New York, December 4, 2023

Coalition fighting right to shelter changes to rally in Albany and NYC, Annie McDonough, City & State, NY, December 4, 2023

Christine Quinn and Bishop Matthew Heyd talk about the city’s handling of the migrant crisis, Chloe Tai, Spectrum News NY1, October 25, 2023

St. John the Divine hosts vigil for unhoused and asylum-seekers in New York as migrant crisis worsens, Shireen Korkzan, Episcopal News Service, October 25, 2023

NYC’s New Plan for Migrant Families ‘Is Like Being a Little Bit Pregnant, FAQ NYC, October 22, 2023

NYC religious, housing and labor leaders push back on Adams’ right-to-shelter changes, Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist, October 12, 2023

Advocates rally in support of right to shelter law, Fox 5 NY, October 12, 2023

Coalition forms to stop Hochul, Adams from changing New York City's right-to-shelter law, Marsha Kramer, CBS New York, October 12, 2023

Right-to-shelter rollback: Coalition of NYC advocates, clergy and labor groups seek to stop Mayor Adams’ moves to end shelter mandate, Ethan Stark-Miller, AM NY, October 12, 2023