“The city’s framing of the arrival of immigrants as a crisis deflects from the real issue — the city has not gotten a handle on its long-term housing and homelessness crises. This is not because of recent arrivals to New York — our city has always been a city of immigrants. It is because of a lack of progress on issues critical to all New Yorkers — homelessness, housing affordability, and housing preservation. Framing this as a ‘migrant problem’ invites racism and xenophobia. Instead of seeking to undermine the right to shelter, the City must act to immediately house people and prevent evictions in the midst of our current housing crisis. ”