EXAMINER NEWS----PUTNAM LEGISLATURE SUPPORTS PROHIBITING TEMPORARY SHELTERS

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Putnam Legislature Supports Prohibiting Temporary Shelters--July 13, 2023--Rick Pezzullo--The Putnam County Legislature last week overwhelmingly supported expanding a current homeless shelters law that would prohibit the temporary housing of asylum seekers.

The 7-1 vote on July 5 expectedly followed a June 21 thumbs up from the Legislature’s Rules, Enactments and Intergovernmental Relations Committee that backed the proposal made by County Executive Kevin Byrne.

On May 22, Byrne issued State of Emergency Declaration and Corresponding Executive Orders in response to New York City’s efforts to relocate asylum seekers to Hudson Valley counties without proper coordination with local municipalities.

The executive orders attached to Byrne’s emergency declaration gave Putnam the flexibility to re-direct county resources to enforce sanitary code, as well as directs hotels, motels and those with temporary residency permits not to accept migrants and asylum seekers from New York City, essentially transforming them into homeless shelters absent a shared services agreement with Putnam County. MORE AT Putnam Legislature Supports Prohibiting Temporary Shelters | The Examiner News