Mayor Eric Adams introduced the city’s new Creating Real Impact at Birth (CRIB) pilot to permanently house pregnant New Yorkers in the shelter system on Oct. 14. The program aims to place more than 300 parents with newborns into long-term apartments through already available voucher programs.

“Put simply, no child should ever be born in a shelter,” said Adams. “We must do everything we can to stop the cycle of poverty and housing instability before it ever begins by ensuring mothers and babies do not go to a shelter after leaving the hospital and that they have the resources they need to thrive.

“The ‘CRIB’ program is yet another example of how our administration is cutting the bureaucracy that often prevents people from getting the government services they need while also making New Yor

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