Dan Rivoli reports at New York State of Politics that the attorney who filed the 1979 case that created the right-to-shelter mandate said it applies statewide. Attorney Robert Hayes pushed back at Gov. Hochul, who, in an address about the migrant issue, said, “This is an agreement that does not apply to state’s other 57 counties." The case said New York has an obligation to provide shelter to anyone who seeks it. Hayes said, “If the governor doesn’t think there’s a statewide right-to-shelter, she’s very, either very ill-informed or frankly derelict in her obligation." The court ruled that because the state's constitution says, “the aid, care and support of the needy are public concerns and shall be provided by the state” and localities. Read more about this story at New York State of Politics.