New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers, Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday, announcing the latest in a series of facilities the city has set up, and sometimes shut down, as it strains to handle an ongoing influx.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams listens as Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State address in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol, on Jan. 10, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers, Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday, announcing the latest in a series of facilities the city has set up -- and sometimes shut down -- as it strains to handle an ongoing influx.
"Our city is at its breaking point," said Adams, a Democrat who has repeatedly pleaded for state and federal assistance to address the flow of asylum-seekers -- some of them bused by out-of-state governors -- to the nation's most populous city. Adams travelled this week to El Paso, Texas, to visit the southern U.S. border and press the point. He declared a state of emergency over the issue this fall.
The city's previous moves to create shelters for the newcomers have gotten a mixed reception and usage. A plan to erect a hangar-sized tent in a beach parking lot was scrapped amid concerns about storm flooding. The city then built a complex of giant tents on an island that houses a park and sports facilities; the tent facility closed three weeks later after light usage as the number of arrivals slowed for a time.
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