WHEN INSPECTORS FOUND OUT ABOUT THE BUILDING BEFORE POTENTIAL DISASTER. >>> PLUS, NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY'S MIGRANT CRISIS. THE CHANGES THAT COULD BOOT THEM FROM TEMPORARY SHELTERS. GOOD FRIDAY EVENING. I'M NATALIE PASQUARELLA. THE CITY SAYS 183,000 MIGRANTS HAVE FILTERED IN. NOW THERE IS A POLICY SHIFT. MANY MIGRANTS CURRENTLY IN THOSE SHELTERS WILL BE GIVEN HOUSING FOR 30 DAYS. THEN THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN. MELISSA RUSSO JOINS US WITH THE LATEST. >> Reporter: NATALIE, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK CITY'S RIGHT TO SHELTER WILL REMAIN INTACT EVEN FOR MIGRANTS. BUT UNDER THIS DEAL, THE THE CITY WILL HAVE MORE POWER TO DECIDE HOW LONG MIGRANTS WHO LAND IN OUR NEW YORK CITY SHELTERS CAN STAY THERE. >> NOW WE HAVE A WORKABLE PATH FORWARD. >> Reporter: IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON, JUDGE GERALD SAYING THE SETTLEMENT WILL EASE THE BURDEN FOR A CITY SHELTER SYSTEM. STRETCHED TO ITS BREAKING POINT BY THOUSANDS OF ARRIVING MIGRANTS WHILE PRESERVING THE SAFETY NET. >> SO THAT EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO A BED AND SAFE CONDITIONS INSTEAD OF SLEEPING ON THE STREETS OR IN WAITING ROOM CHAIRS OR DYING IN THE COLD. >> Reporter: THE DEAL COMES AFTER MONTHS OF INTENSE NEGOTIATIONS. CRITICS WORRY THE CITY ADAMS ADMINISTRATION HOPED TO GUT THE RIGHT TO SHELTER. >> FROM DAY ONE, WE SAID THAT WE DID NOT WANT PEOPLE ON THE STREET. >> THIS NEW AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGES THE REALITIES OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AFFIRMS OUR SHARED MISSION TO HELP THOSE IN NEED AND GRANTS US ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO NAVIGATE THIS ONGOING CRISIS. >> Reporter: UNDER THE DEAL MIGRANT ADULTS WITHOUT CHILDREN WILL STILL FACE A 30-DAYTIME LIMIT ON SHELTER. BUT MOVING FORWARD, INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO REAPPLY INDEFINITELY FOR MORE 30-DAY PLACEMENTS, THE CITY WILL NOW HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE CASE BY CASE WHO GETS AN EXTENSION AND FOR HOW LONG. BASED ON EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. >> HAVE THEY SHOWN THAT THEY ARE MAKING A GENUINE EFFORT TO TRY TO MOVE ON? AND IF THEY HAVE DONE THAT, THEN THAT'S AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE. >> Reporter: BUT CITY OFFICIALS DEFINE THOSE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES DIFFERENTLY. EMPHASIZING PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE TO MOVING OUT. >> EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES CAN BE A SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE HOWEVER YOU SIGNED A LEASE AND YOU NEED TEN DAYS TO GO. THAT CAN BE AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE. >> Reporter: YOU KNOW, WITHOUT WORK PERMITS, IT'S THE CASE FOR MANY MIGRANTS THAT THEY NEED MORE THAN 30 OR 40 DAYS TO REACH FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. YOU JUST HEARD, THE CITY'S SPIN ON THIS DEAL TODAY IS BASICALLY EMPHASIZING THEIR MESSAGE TO MIGRANTS WHICH IS, WE WANT YOU TO MOVE ALONG ASAP. MEANWHILE, WILL PEOPLE END UP IN THE STREET IN REALITY? THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY SAYS THEY WILL BE MONITORING THE SITUATION. TELL JUDGE MADE A POINT OF SAYING, HIS DOOR WILL REMAIN OPEN IN CASE THE AGREEMENT DOES NOT WORK IN
