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Judge blocks NYC migrant shelter as city struggles to house influx of asylum seekers

  • A Staten Island judge ordered the city to stop using a former Catholic school to house migrants.
  • The judge criticized New York's Right to Shelter law, calling it outdated.
  • The city plans to appeal the ruling, arguing it threatens efforts to manage the crisis.
  • The judge's decision comes after a resident complained the shelter was a public nuisance.
  • New York City has opened over 200 sites to accommodate nearly 60,000 migrants so far.
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