DownloadEmergency Executive Order 888
WHEREAS, since October 2022, over two hundred thousand asylum seekers have arrived in New York City from the Southern border without having any immediate plans for shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City continues to face an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that requires it to take extraordinary measures to meet the needs of the asylum seekers while continuing to serve the tens of thousands of people who currently use the Department of Homeless Services Shelter System; and
WHEREAS, additional reasons for requiring the measures continued in this Order are set forth in Emergency Executive Order No. 224, dated October 7, 2022, and a full description of the laws and rules suspended by this Order are most recently set forth in Emergency Executive Order No. 886, dated November 19, 2025;[1] and
WHEREAS, the state of emergency based on the arrival of thousands of individuals and families seeking asylum, first declared in Emergency Executive Order No. 224, dated October 7, 2022, and extended by subsequent orders, remains in effect;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the laws of the State of New York and the City of New York, including but not limited to the New York Executive Law, the New York City Charter and the Administrative Code of the City of New York, and the common law authority to protect the public in the event of an emergency:
Section 1. I hereby order that section 4 of Emergency Executive Order No. 886, dated November 19, 2025, is extended for five (5) days.
§ 2. This Emergency Executive Order shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect for five (5) days unless it is terminated or modified at an earlier date.
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Eric Adams
Mayor