From that article: “Families can qualify for the tickets if they have a relative in another part of the world, including the US, who says they are willing to ho

From that article: “Families can qualify for the tickets if they have a relative in another part of the world, including the US, who says they are willing to house them.” NYC also gets its share of people from outside the NYC region who actually fall for the myth of NYC as ultra-socialist nirvana.