 Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Ann Williams Isom and I'm the deputy mayor for health and human services for this week's briefing I'm excited to be joined by the mayor of Barron Keough Columbia Jaime Puma Rero I'm also joined by the city's cooperation council judge Sylvia Heinz Radix and by dr. Ted Long senior vice president at New York City H&H Since the first asylum seeker arrived in New York City in 2022 We have talked about how this is a larger National humanitarian crisis where people are coming from number of places around the world ultimately political instability Economic depression and strife in one's home country led them to the US and for many to New York City On the heels of the UN General Assembly last week I'm glad to have an international voice with us to discuss how other International cities have dealt with large numbers of migrants coming to their cities and with that I will turn it over to mayor Puma Rero Thank you, deputy mayor It's a pleasure to Take a few minutes to talk about what we've been doing in Colombia How we've been able to receive in the last four years or around a hundred and fifty thousand Venezuelans into our city. That's at least 10% of our population In which we have found a way with the national government and the international community to grant them work permits and to grant them temporary access to our health and social programs and to school programs in which we have 20,000 kids right now from the Venezuelan families Going to our schools attending our public health system, but starting to pay their own way We've found a way through centers to integrate them into economic life So that they can start working becoming productive members of society and therefore helping us out in terms of growing the economical I would say scenario of our city and therefore Making them a part of the city instead of having to subsidize their way That's I think been the shift that we've done in the last few months instead of trying to subsidize Everything that an migrant needs we've tried to make sure that they can get a Job that they can get an income generating source and therefore they can start paying their way through paying for a lease Paying taxes and whatnot and that I think has been the difference And I think I applaud the the decision of the New York mayor's office to tackle this head-on And I think as a continent as a hemisphere We need to make sure with that we look and tackle that these issues that generate massive Migration into a lot of our countries more than two million Venezuelans are in Colombia right now and more Moving up the daddy and gap every day because they don't they can't find a job anymore in Colombia And if we don't plug the the problem in its source and if we don't look at it at our backyard and see what these systematic problems are of anti-democratic autocratic governments Making these massive exodus happen then we are gonna have this happening over and over in our backyard So it's okay to look at overseas for problems But right now in our backyard in our own hemisphere we we need to tackle these issues right now Thank you so much mayor It's just so interesting because there's so many similarities of what you're saying is is occurring for us right now and That you all have pivoted and really looking towards this path forward Which is about people working and about not subsidizing on your own and really how the federal your you know National government has helped with that We appreciate your time and hearing about the steps your federal government took to tackle the crisis in your country as we have Been saying from the very beginning of this humanitarian crisis in our country The asylum seeker issue is a national issue here in the United States as well, which requires a comprehensive National response from our federal government Just as New York City needs more help from its state and federal partners Municipalities around the country and around the globe need support as well I'd now like to share some updates on what's happening here on the ground in New York City as Many of you has probably read we're seeing another surge at the border with thousands of people passing through border towns like Eagle Pass and Despite fluctuating numbers at the border over the past few months We've never seen a slowdown of the arrivals into New York City And you all know that because I tell you the numbers week after week and those numbers have been even higher in the past couple of recent Days this past weekend We got word that the city of El Paso would resume busing on top of the buses that are still being sent from Governor Abbott and the state of Texas so today We are releasing updated flyers to combat misinformation at the border and in cities across the country where people are coming to New York City from We want people to know what New York City is able to provide and what New York City isn't able to provide any longer in The coming days we will be distributing These flyers at our shelters and intake centers in New York City as well as through NGOs and nonprofits across the country Here in our shelters because we know that there are people in our shelters who are telling their family members to come to New York City And that they'll get housing and that they'll be able to stay with them That is no that has never been the case But we want to make sure that we're being clear with people that New York City is out of space We'll also share this with other municipalities at the border and across the country While we are working to slow the front door We're also working to increase exits from the shelter system through intensive case management Our work authorization sprint and our 30-day notices I'll now pass it to dr. Long for an update on those case management efforts And a few words about what he's been seeing on the ground at the arrival center over the past few days dr. Long Thank you deputy mayor So as the deputy mayor said We're seeing a sharp increase in the number of asylum seekers coming into new york city every day This will continue to strain our already strained system Today though, I want to talk about some of our larger strategies that as the deputy mayor said Will be our path forward and for so much of this the backbone will be case management The first thing that we're doing now is we're currently undertaking a census We're asking the same set of questions to every asylum seeker at every part of our system from our dhs system To our h&h humanitarian centers or herks Those questions include what stage of the process you're in with respect to seeking asylum and work authorization And what barriers you still have that with our help you might be able to surmount And be able to complete your journey taking that next step forward and leaving our system To date we've completed these assessments on nearly 70 of all of the asylum seekers across our entire system That's going to form the basis of the case management program that we are now launching called our red yellow green program This program is going to have people in the green color category If you have a few barriers that our case managers can work with you and overcome fairly quickly So that again you can take your next step forward and leave our system Yellow means you have a few more barriers and we're going to work with you on it and give you the help that you need Red means that you have more intensive barriers and therefore might require a referral for example to a lawyer We're going to be having multiple touch points with every asylum seeking household each month as the program ramps up Another way that we've leveraged case management so far is as it pertains to our 60 day policy Now our 60 day policy is not just a time limit for asylum seekers It's a deadline for us as a city to be able to help asylum seekers to take their next step forward and exit our city system The first group of people that we gave out 60 day notices to had day 61 occur this past friday So looking at those whose uh day 61 was this past friday through early this week Because of our help on day 61 less than half of those still under our care on day 61 Needed to come back to the arrival center for another placement in our city system The majority of asylum seekers that were still with us on day 61 due to the help that we'd given them over the past 60 days We're able to take their next step forward exit our system and not need to re-enter for another placement Today I want to say a couple of things also about the future directions We're going in for work authorization and temporary protected status for work authorization The census we're doing lets us target resources by knowing where you are in the asylum application process Whether you've completed the 589 form If you then have to wait the five month period if you're ready to complete the 765 or work authorization form We're finding that some people have already been it's already been five months So we can immediately intervene even with teams on site today Help you to complete the work authorization form and then make an appointment at our application center So that you can submit that form and get work authorization as quickly as possible Same thing if you came across the border using the cbp one app We're going to know that through the census we're doing and part of our case management strategy is going to immediately connect you To completing the work authorization paperwork that you're eligible for on site and have it submitted for you as fast as possible For temporary protected status. This is an announcement that the federal government made last week What I wanted to say about this today is that the announcement is that venezuelans within a certain time period Will have the ability to apply for temporary protected status, but it's not currently live So what we're doing to prepare for that is we're using our census to determine Who is likely eligible in terms of those coming from venezuela within that certain time period and using our census data We're going to know all of that Um, and then we're going to have teams ready to leap into action to connect with those individuals as soon as they can Submit their temporary protected status applications, which are concurrently submitted with the work authorization applications So they can work as fast as humanly possible We estimate today that we still have about 22,000 venezuelans that likely meet that criteria in our system So we'll be able to engage with them immediately when the temporary protected status applications go live So in sum I just wanted to say The case management and all of these connections to how we can help asylum seekers to get the Specific help and services they need so they can take their next step forward and leave our system Is an important new direction that we're taking now at this stage of the crisis with that back to you deputy mayor Thank you ted As dr. Long mentioned despite the surge we've been seeing we're keeping our eyes on our long-term plan I want to remind everyone we're dealing with the crisis, but we're also long-term planning We know that the only way that we're going to get out of this crisis is getting people connected with the sport They need so that they can move out of shelter and build stable and self-sufficient lives But as we've always said we cannot do this alone the surge shows just how important additional financial resources and a consistent decompression strategy are to successfully addressing this humanitarian crisis I'm hopeful that the state and federal governments will see this and step in and lean in more to that Finally, I want to share an update on the news as dr Long did on the biden administration's last week extending temporary protocol status for a subset of venezuelans in our care It's a little confusing. So I want to walk through it again I want to echo mayor adams by saying to you all that we are so grateful for what the president did and for his team For taking this very important step. It is a big deal When we heard the news last week our teams immediately got to work And thankfully with our asylum seeker application help center up and running We have a strong infrastructure in place to help us identify And figure out who the eligible asylum seekers are and help them to fill out the proper Paperwork once the federal government finalizes a rule Our current plan is to try and have people apply for tps work authorization and complete the waiver application Three separate forms at the same time to best manage the process remember These forms are dozens of pages that people need to fill out along with numerous photo copies translations and supporting documents So we want to make sure to be efficient as an effective as possible during this process We're also working with our federal partners to hopefully ease some of the bureaucracy around this process And make sure that people can get work authorization as quickly as possible As many of you know, there is a fee associated with submitting these applications online And while we hope that the federal government will waive these last week We immediately reached out to philanthropy and business partners to see if we can have them contribute to help subsidize those costs Logistically tps extension is a rule that needs to go through the federal government process to be registered We expect this to take a few weeks But we're doing everything that we can right now to hit the ground running when that rule is registered We have also asked the federal government to issue work authorizations based on pending tps applications Rather than waiting until the tps applications are fully approved, which we know can take months or even years With all that said i'll now turn to our data update As of september 24th, we have over 115,200 people in our care Including over 61,400 asylum seekers Over 118,800 asylum seekers have come through our intake system since last spring We have opened 210 sites including 17 humanitarian relief centers And last week from september 18th to september 24th more than 3000 new asylum seekers entered our care New york is and always will be a city of immigrants And we will always do our part to contribute to this national crisis But one city cannot support tens of thousands of asylum seekers without additional state and federal partners with no end in sight This is an effort that needs reinforcement in the form of financial support A comprehensive decompression strategy and a declaration of a federal emergency to unlock faster support from washington With that i'll open up the floors to questions uh depending mayor so yesterday the city asked um the court to revise its initial motion to change right to shelter But it wasn't exactly clear what the city is asking for now You give us an idea of what the contents of that request will be Sure, I will let the judge ask but what I will say for I won't put words in her mouth, but I will say clearly the status quo cannot stay the way it is So judge would you like to answer that? uh yesterday I i'm and i'm sure you all know that we we went to court on that in the callahan issue and Our initial request for the court and and our initial letter was with reference to modification It is let me make it clear. We never asked to get rid of the right to shelter Uh yesterday the judge that was handling that matter recused And so we are now with a new schedule to present Uh a specific document to the court. Um that we have to um Present by october 3rd on the requests that the city is making and so While we are now in the process of looking at that We are we will um, I wouldn't tell you what our litigation strategies going to be But that will we will abide by the court's Request and have that sent by october 3rd and i'm sure you'll get a copy of that document And I think that sometimes judge when I think about it when we first went into court that was may We've been getting 10 000 people a month since then. What is that 40 000 people ago? So it is clear to everyone. I think every single new yorker that the status quo cannot continue What clearly our position is that that we want the court to to look at Where we are now, um, everybody knows this is a document that uh worked 40 years ago. Um, We're we're quite clear that what we have is not sustainable And so that is that's going to be one of the issues that we're going to be dealing With Yeah, definitely. Thanks for asking So we started to do this census a couple of weeks ago So it is remarkable that we've been able to achieve almost 70 percent of The totality of all the asylum seekers across all of our city systems in just a matter of weeks And the staff that are doing it are existing staff, but we've also brought in Agencies like pe you that have stepped up to help us to be able to move as fast as we can Because again, this data really comprises The basis for how we're going to do the effective case management to be able to connect people To the specific things that they need the help that they need in order to be able to leave our system In terms of the number of staff that are working on this it is hundreds And that is staff from my teams and again staff from pe you But we're making it a very concerted effort Intentionally because this is also a way to speed up and go as fast as possible to identify Who is eligible for work authorization have them complete that paperwork Which again, I said at our larger sites We're even starting on site to not miss a single moment to enable people to work as quickly as possible Yeah, can I just clarify you said census you mean survey So that yeah, they um We've been always looking at the census, but this is a new sprint survey sprint So just say that again. Yeah, please. Well, we'll call it an assessment survey And so to answer your question about that so at the arrival center We've collected similar information since the arrival center opened in may of this past year So for example when you came to the arrival center, you may have said if you came in may that you hadn't completed the 589 form yet Okay, so at the time we would have educated you about what it is and how to complete it But this is following up to see did you complete it now? And also if you completed it in may right after we talked to you for example You may be soon eligible to submit because that 150 days has almost passed Maybe nearing eligibility to submit your work authorization paperwork So having real-time data now is the most precise way to know who is eligible to submit their work authorization paperwork Both from when you submitted the 589 form for asylum Which we you may have told us you hadn't submitted at the time to who now has come through the board across the board Are using the cbp one app? So that enables us to basically just to target our resources right now to move as fast as we can also In this survey we're asking questions about the barriers that you currently have to be able to leave Those barriers can change over time. You may have intended to stay with your brother in chicago That might have fallen through. Maybe there was a sister in a in LA So right now again by us collecting all this data now powers Our ability to have effective case management because we know going into case management Generally what you need if you're your red yellow or green Starting with the greens seeing what help we can offer you immediately so that we can in most expeditious way Help you to be able to have the help to leave our system Two things guys. Um, so the first one is the governor greg abbott said today that they've only bussed around 15,800 migrants to new york city What do you guys kind of think of that number and if not from texas? Where else are they being bused from and then the second thing i was hoping to ask is um last week The mayor said that the number of venezuelans was about 15,000 and then they narrowed that down to 9,000 So where are we getting the 22,000 number now? And the state has been saying that they're not getting accurate numbers either So just trying to see do you guys have like a shared database that you guys are putting these numbers? And is that something that reporters can eventually access as well? Oh, there's a lot of questions. So, um Abbott, I don't know what I want to say about The accuracy of his buses and all that other kind of stuff I hope that when he's here He can get a glimpse of what it really looks like to deal with the humanitarian crisis in a humane way We've talked to you before that we know that we get buses from El Paso and other places when they're trying to decompress on decompress on their own. So we know that we're getting Buses from other cities We know that other people are coming here from from chicago from denver from other parts of the united states When their time if there's time limits in other places or they feel like they can't find work Then they come to new york city. So we know that it comes from all different places So we know that they're when we looked last week that remember we're only talking about venezuelans who've come since july 31st So when sometimes people are like, how many venezuelans do you have that? That total number could be different than the amount that are eligible for this particular program So I want us to be careful about what we're saying and the questions that we're asking for So I and I also know that my friend from immigration coalition was talking about 60 000 and he clarified today He was talking about 60 000 throughout the state, right? And so and then there's numbers like 150 000 people have done the CBP app that's throughout the united states So we'll get you very clear numbers and so we do have we have been working very closely with the state They've been great partners on helping us really look at our data look at the case management and I just want to Go back to what something that um dr. Long said these are people that we're dealing with so circumstances change So we want to keep good case practice is about going back to people and doing that management So that you can see where they are so that you can connect them to what they need to be connected to So i'm happy that we have that infrastructure in order to do that But you know of all people when you're getting 3000 people A week all of that gets complicated, but i'm i'm super proud of the way the team has been doing this work Can I have one thing to that too from just in terms of the number itself? You know as we said we're doing this comprehensive Assessment census right now to be able to give you the most precise For us to be able to use the most precise numbers in terms of understanding Where people are in the process the proportion of people that have come through the CBP one app The proportion of people that are venezuelan meeting that criteria So we're 70 through the census now so the number could change again But that's okay The important thing is for us to get the correct not just the correct number But know where everybody is that will be immediately reaching out to when they can start to submit their temporary protected status Applications that's why we're doing the census An update on how many 60 day slash 30 day notices have gone out and of the people that have had to leave so far starting friday how many people is that what's that number and Have they all gotten Intensive case management or can you give me a number of intensive case management that has been given to people It does Ted do you have those numbers in front of you? I was just going to start with your last question and back into the first numerical one. Okay, I got it Excuse me So your last the last part of your question was when we talk about intensive case management Who are we referring to and I was careful in my remarks to say We intentionally started to do the 60 day notices at one site one of my sites At that site it was paired with intensive case management And that's why over time we actually saw some people be able to leave before day 60 But in particular when we reached day 61 we did When people were nearing day 61 three days ahead. We again Talked to people saw where they were see what help they needed So that approach resulted in the the data that I shared with you which was representative of Just that one site because every 61st day that's hit so far is pretty much just at that one site going Yes going forward Very good Gwen Going forward You know at the different sites because we do have a diverse system People may have had different experiences with case management than they did at the sites that I'm in control of But what I can say is that the goal moving forward is when we've launched our new case management program Which is being launched now. So if you go to many sites now, they've never heard of this before The intention of this new program is to be able to give everybody the same experience with two touch points per household Per month at every part of our system doesn't exist today But we're collecting the data to power the program so that when it is fully launched we'll be able to be off to a running start And the numbers are um, let's see 13,500 people have received a 60 day notice and a Approximately 690 people have received a 30 day notice Several hundred I want to follow up on warden's question Whether you call an assessor and a survey or whatever will you commit to releasing today the aggregated results as well as the question The exact questions that were asked. That's the first question Second potentially for the judge for the purposes of the 60 day of the 30 day notice once the folks get their tps Situation resolved and our tps beneficiaries. Will the city treat them any differently from ordinary the traditional homeless population? And if you will what's the legal basis for treating them differently? I don't even understand a question. So I'm gonna can we do the I'm gonna do the can I do the first one? Yeah So we're gonna give you um the data as we always have when we have it And when we're we're ready to share it to make sure that it's as accurate as we need it to be And so I'm not gonna commit today to to give you something I you know what you asked me to do was to commit to give you something I said I'm not committing today to give you anything. I think what we've done always and what I've done pretty effectively We've told you we're gonna open an arrival center. We come back and we tell you what's happening and how it's going We told you we were gonna um open a legal clinic. We come back and we give you the numbers We are in the process of making sure that we have all of our numbers scrub You know the other day we were talking about somebody who who was living in ecuador Who wrote down on the form that they were from ecuador and it turned out But originally they were from venezuela. So we want to make sure that all that we're giving and how accurate the numbers are And we'll do that when when the time comes. So that's what I'm gonna say I I will let you know when just to say I will commit to using the data to help the asylum seekers in our system It's not just about statistics. This is how we know what help people need and how we're going to Effectively use case management to target resources to enable people to get the specific help that they need that I know it's not what you're asking, but that is the most important thing And then the second and and throughout and the second question is what would the city do? And I I will say to you that the city will commit and continue to follow the legal process It has been following in view of the fact that we are currently in several pieces of litigation It depends on what a court Determination is and what directive we're given from the court and based on that that was that is the procedure That the city will follow If you're relying on data like you just said you're gonna rely on the data, which means it's in a form that you can rely on Why can't we get the data that you are relying on? So the way that we so nope Asked and answered Yeah Let's let's not let's not let's not let's not be rude to each other. Don't say he dodged it. I got it In response to the mayor the other day had told us that there was 15,000 venezuelans that were eligible for tps now I'm saying it's 22. Yep. So the reason why we're asking boring to release this data is that when court rulings come out when tps destination change We need to tell the public how this actually affects them and I think it wasn't properly Communicated with the public so speak with the tps. So Craig may want this is done Craig i'm not unclear why you asked the question. I think we answered it. I understand Tps you're getting ready for this sprint of yeah, people their work authorizations. So now it's 22,000 up from 10,000 last week How long will it take to get these 20? 22,000 people the work authorizations that paperwork your side of things Yeah, so what I explained was that we're waiting for the rule to be registered and once the rule is registered I'm really happy that we have the infrastructure of the asylum seco legal clinic that we stood up that we didn't have to stand up that we decided that we wanted to do We've gotten over 4,600 people signed up for their asylum application. Now we're working. We have the federal government here this week That's with us. That's working and and doing that sprint also And so we think that we've been you know with the 4,600 applications that we started just in the in the end of june Having thousands hundreds of people working on this. I think we've been able to do it very quickly We also know that once they get that designation doesn't necessarily mean that they can work right away So we're trying to make sure that they can work right away And we're trying to make sure that the process which can usually craig take Sometimes months and years that we are able to to connect people as quickly as possible I just want you know, I feel good about new york city has this is a humanitarian crisis, right? We've gotten over 118,000 people here new york city is doing it. We are feeding people We are clothing people. We are housing people. We are trying to connect people to legal services We are working with hundreds of community-based organizations and clergy in order to get this done And so we are going to continue to do that good work that we're doing so that we have exit strategies So people can get connected to what they need to and they can get resettled. We've been doing three jobs We've been doing a federal job I've been doing the state job of resettling folks and we're doing the city part of this job We would like other people to step up and support us and I just want to add to that too craig if I may it's From a case management point of view, this is not something that you can effectively do in 24 hours and determine where somebody's going to spend the next You know several years of their life What we're doing now is we're doing the survey or assessment first and in the last couple of weeks We've done 10 we've completed tens of thousands Yeah, um, so we're we're moving very fast here and the state has supported us and given us 20 million dollars to do This case management work going forward So I don't want to diminish the importance and longitudinal aspect of case management This my mom's a social worker This is a process that takes time You have to get to know somebody work through their issues and it's not something you can necessarily solve in a day or a week When temporary protected status when people are able to apply for it Our teams are in gear to be able to immediately I did engage the people that we have um We believe are from venezuela within the certain time period that the federal government has laid out We're going to move fast We're going to as much as we can over a period of even weeks But I just want to make the important point that we're not going to solve this in a week You know with case management It's about setting things up now and then working this through with people over weeks or months to determine Where they're going to spend potentially the rest of their life Thank you. Um, all right Thank you, I just want to clarify something on all the numbers because there's a lot of numbers being put out 22,000 is that 22,000 venezuelans who are eligible for tps and a work permit or just tps? So tps though as we said we've completed 70 of our surveys now It's possible that number will change the important thing to us is not the number itself As much as this gives us a targeted opportunity to know who we need to reach out to the minute it goes live Correct. So where did the 9500 number come from that the mayor the 9500 number was the number that we talked about last week where we said out of the 15,000 9,000 were adults and the others were children, right? So he did he'll have to get you the the breakdown of the adults and the children and the 22,000 because we're collecting more data I think we're really belaboring this point, but we're collecting more data every day So when we get to Yes, I remember I remember and so we're So we're going to get it we're going to we're going to we're going to get the numbers to you Like I said, we're going to keep on doing the assessment and we're going to go from there And can I just say this you all I just want to set the tone a little bit when new yorkers ask me questions They don't say how many venezuelans are in the system. They say deputy mayor How come the federal government is not giving you more help deputy mayor when are we really going to have a $12 billion budget and what are the things that we need to do in order to get that budget down so that we don't Have to affect other services. So I understand that this is an important issue We will get you the information But please don't tell me it's because the public is dying to know the numbers of venezuelans The public is dying to know how we are in a responsible way Working to connect people to work and getting people resettled Which is what we've always said that we wanted to do We want to make sure that we are providing people with as much support as we can And that we can move them along So I just want to like balance this a little bit in terms of the telephone I understand your frustration and we'll get you the information He did he he said he had a question about Abbott Thank you deputy mayor for acknowledging. Thank you So I'm not the governor so I can't speak about what he thinks is an appropriate strategy What I can say is that I do think that the republicans in congress Along with all of congress should be working with the white house to come up with a comprehensive immigration Reform so that no one jurisdiction has to deal with an immigration national issue on its own All right, so dr. Long you had mentioned earlier that the 30 day 60 day Limits were not just for the migrants, but also a limit For you to help them, right? Yes Succeed in moving forward now if they don't Find other housing or able to transition out of your system Would you consider that a failure on your part? And if it is a failure your part to help them What else can they do if assuming of course that they're doing everything that they can Yeah, so I would not consider it a failure if within 60 days We're not able to for 100 percent of asylum seekers Determine and execute on where they're going to spend the next several years of their life It's complicated and I think it's also important as the deputy mayor said to recognize people of individual challenges That's the premise behind having what I refer to as our red yellow green program. It was the same for everybody. It would be One color, um, but we we want to group people into the different color schemes Because that shows the different barriers that different people have We have some people that come and were able to help them to complete their journeys the first day when they arrive In fact at the arrival center one out of every four people that come through the front door of the arrival center Today and every day we'll leave within 24 hours with our help Resettling new york city or being reticketed to somewhere else to complete their journey For others one day wouldn't be possible because their goal might be to stay with a family member They haven't talked to in a few years So um the 60 day deadline that we give ourselves as a city Is where we want to apply case management and help as many people as we can But if some people need more time, that's why we write wrote on the 60 day notice to return to the arrival center To talk to us about what your current barriers are See how we could help you dismount them and we'll give you another 30 day placement to enable us to have more of an Opportunity to work with you with our case managers to help you to overcome your barriers We'll now take some questions via webex first question goes to jeff maize jeff you can now unmute your line, please We got you jeff go ahead Hey, thank you. I had a couple of questions. Um one the um changes potential changes to the right to shelter I'm wondering how would the city protect? You know new yorkers who are already here In terms of their right to shelter if there if there are changes That are made to that right to shelter for migrants You know, how would you make sure that that new yorkers who are already here and experiencing homelessness are not affected And my second question is about the flyers. I'm wondering, you know, how is the city getting these flyers? Out to people at the border. Do you guys have employees? Have you contracted someone? And then secondly the the flyer itself appears to have statements that I don't know. I don't know if they're necessarily true Like isn't the city still using hotels To house people and aren't you helping people apply from for work permits? So are are you guys backing up the veracity of those statements in the flyer? I want to start yeah, I I think what you're at when you asked about the right to shelter and It's currently we're currently litigating that and and wouldn't be able to give you an answer About how it's going to affect people But it's not it's not going to be bifurcated where you say you're saying that there's a right to shelter for people here And the right to shelter for somebody else. That's not that's not what is currently being addressed So and so we wouldn't Have a different response for you with reference to the Callaghan case until we've been able to conclude the litigation that we are currently doing Hi, Jeff. This is the deputy mayor. I wanted to tell you so the flyers We are going to be distributing them in all of the above. So what's that? TikTok we're going to be talking with some of our partners down at the border the NGOs There's staff. There's federal staff that can help us hand it out. So we really want to do A full court press. We also talked about handing them out in other cities. So our sister cities We will make sure that we're doing there. I think the difference that I would say is that there's no guarantee We know that at the beginning of the crisis we were able to put people in hotels. We're no longer I think putting men in single and adult families and men in in hotels We are helping to the extent that we can people do their work authorizations But we want people to know it's expensive to live here It's hard to live here that it's not the way that it has been because I think they are hearing the word Which is like the front door is just wide open come and so being truthful Of course, we are always going to be truthful But we definitely do want to discourage people from coming here so that we can pretty much deal with the 113,000 people that are in our system right now And I think the main way that we're going to be able to bend the curve of the costs that were You know that we're spending Jeff I'd spoken to you about cutting costs to some of the ways that we are of the services that we're providing But if I still have 60,000 people the main cost is really the cost of the census and housing people So we want to be responsible and tell people the truth about what they're walking into Thank you and our last question goes to paul leota paul you can now unmute your line, please Everybody hear me? We got you paul, go ahead great, um, I know we commented on the callahan case today, but uh Judge wane azi on staten island and his decision yesterday about the shelter at the former saint john villa academy He commented on the right to shelter which Seems to be in line with what the adams administration is seeking So I just wanted to see if you know, you all would like to comment on that portion of his decision and more generally on uh, why the city's choosing to appeal it Well, we uh, first of all, uh, the the your decision that um He's his decision is looking at what we are seeking. That's not the way we read this decision this decision um from judge azi deals with basically um a violation of zoning um some suspended zoning and There was some dicta about um the right to shelter That wasn't briefed and and before the court and we will since we're in the midst of an appeal I'm not going to make I'm going to say what our position is on that. I'll wait until we have made the um the decision that we made but the the clearly the court's order also deals with um executive orders and and and other pieces and so, uh We are taking um the position that we have to protect the the city's rights And and and the mayor's ability to function as we undertake The appeal that we're undertaking and and judge, let me just um add with three thousand people still coming a week It is clear that even though we're working very hard on in order to get exits We need something we are still going to need to be able to to maintain and and to deal with this crisis We have 210 sites right now in 17 humanitarian centers This is uh a lot and I don't think one person can just say okay We don't you know want to take I think only two percent of the migrants are in statin island I understand people's frustration, but we unfortunately are in this situation because we've been asked as a municipality To deal with something that is a national crisis Thank you. 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