Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday the city has been carrying the weight of the nation's asylum seeker crisis and now there is no longer space for new people coming in. naveencbs2ny has more on his new plan.
said Wednesday the city has been carrying the weight of the nation's crisis and now there is no longer space for new people coming in, citing the absence of state or federal aid.
He said he has put a plan in place that will begin in the next couple of days to help move current migrants out of shelters to make space for families arriving with children.With an average of 300 to 500 people still arriving daily, the mayor said the city will begin providing 60-day notices to adult asylum seekers who are already in shelters to find alternate housing.
The mayor said his priority is to provide shelter for arriving families with children. With federal funding depleted, city officials say they are at the end of their rope. "This is the only way we can make critically needed space for families and children. We don't want to reach the point and we won't reach the point where families and children are living on our streets like you're seeing in other municipalities. For the sake of our city, state and country, the sake of those who have arrived and who will continue to arrive, we will become committed and dedicated like we have," Adams said.
The mayor is also planning to distribute new flyers at the border to combat misinformation and inform asylum seekers that the city cannot continue to support the level of service it has been providing.responded by saying limiting shelters is not the option, adding the city should address the need for more shelters.
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