Democratic former President Bill Clinton acknowledged Sunday that New York City’s progressive “Right to Shelter law” needs to be amended given the migrant crisis.
“Gov. [Kathy] Hochul thinks it should be modified, and it probably should under the circumstances,” Clinton told host John Catsimatidis on 77 WABC radio’s “The Cats Roundtable” show — adding that Democrats are taking a major hit over the crisis.
Big Apple Mayor Mayor Eric Adams and Hochul have argued that the Right to Shelter law was designed to address the local homeless problem — not the unrelenting massive waves of migrants flooding the city for months after crossing the southern border with Mexico.
The issue is currently in litigation, with advocates for the homeless and asylum seekers opposing any significant rollback of the law.
Clinton said the problem is migrants have to wait months to get work permits, so the shelter rule needs to be relaxed to relieve the pressure on the city when it comes to housing all of them during their wait.
“It’s broken. We need to fix it… It doesn’t make any sense,” Clinton said of the system.
It's time to change the law.
