The city has made the right call in backing away from its demand for an open-ended suspension of the right to shelter as it contends with tens of thousands of migrants in its care. Instead, as ...

A Manhattan judge overseeing the city’s right-to-shelter case recused herself from the matter Tuesday over concerns about her impartiality — a move that came as lawyers for Mayor Adams forged ...

NEW YORK-- Mayor Eric Adams has hailed the city's right to shelter as a hallmark of compassion for its most destitute. Now he must decide if he will extend that compassion by bestowing homeless ...

New York City may soon see some relief from a decades-old rule promising housing to anyone who asks for it — with all sides in an ongoing legal battle over the “right to shelter” mandate ...

He called for legislation that would guarantee shelter for every homeless family in the state. Ten months later, Dukakis signed what became known as the “right-to-shelter” law, which has for ...

The city settled a court case involving the city’s right-to-shelter law Friday. The right-to-shelter requires the city to provide a bed to anyone in need. Mayor Eric Adams and his administration ...

In 1983, Massachusetts lawmakers passed legislation known as the “right-to-shelter” law, which fulfilled then-Gov. Michael Dukakis’s promise of providing shelter to families in desperate need.

Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to challenge New York City’s unique “right to shelter” rule isn’t the first time a sitting mayor has taken aim at the decades-old measure requiring the city to ...

What could she do but ride out a third removal, hoping to squeeze out every night of shelter before a court made it official? “I know my actions right now are scummy,” she said one morning ...

BOSTON - The heavily scrutinized right-to-shelter law in Massachusetts would change significantly under a new proposal shared by Gov. Maura Healey Wednesday. The policy that became law in 1983 ...