"NYC explores alternative housing options for asylum seekers, including churches and private residences"

Two churches in Staten Island will be used to house asylum seekers as part of a new program announced by NYC Mayor Eric Adams. The program is a two-year partnership with New York Disaster Interfaith Services and is expected to provide shelter for 1,000 single men at 50 houses of worship. The city will be spending about $125 a night to house each asylum seeker. The initiative is the latest strategy to get the new arrivals housed, but a similar effort to house homeless people has been used in the five boroughs for decades.