The move was immediately criticized by advocates for migrants and homeless people as unnecessary and heartless.
But the mayor called the move "another step in our efforts to help asylum seekers take the next step in their journeys."
"We appreciate the support we have received so far from our state and federal partners, but with more than 60,000 asylum seekers still in our care and without additional help, we will be forced to continue making difficult decisions," Adams said in his announcement. In May, Adams issued an executive order that unilaterally relaxed the city's right-to-shelter rules, which is now the subject of a legal battle. Earlier this week, Gov. Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat, backed the mayor on the matter, saying in an interview on CNN that the right to shelter was never meant to "be an unlimited universal right or obligation on the City to have to house literally the entire world.
"I don't think anyone wants to actually be in a shelter. It's not like living in the Ritz," he said. "It's actually, for the most part, our newest New Yorkers have been put in tents and in really challenging spaces." The mayor's office said housing and other services could drain about $12 billion over three years, forcing him to seek significant budget cuts that would hamper his city's ability to adequately provide city services.
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