The new mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, finds himself in a difficult situation dealing with the many migrants looking for housing in their self imposed sanctuary city.
Tens of thousands of latin American asylum-seekers have showed up in NYC, many of whom were bussed from the border by Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, who has decided to send border-crossers to other cities easing the burden on border states.
Mayor Adams has said repeatedly that busing migrants to NYC is a “humanitarian crisis” and is a situation with no signs of slowing down.
In a recent interview, Adams said “this is a crisis that’s unfolding and it could undermine our cities in a real way.” Adams ran for Mayor to “get stuff done” but finds himself in the middle of a partisan divide where “the far right is doing the wrong thing. The far left is doing nothing.” Meanwhile the influx of migrants in the city has overwhelmed the system and they have no plan for housing them.
Adams has requested federal aid but has received nothing. “This is a national problem that should not fall on [the city of] Washington, New York and Chicago. This is a national problem and it must have a national solution. And right now I don’t feel we received the level of immediate response that we need.”
He recently announced a state of emergency because the shelter populations are maxed out and social services are overwhelmed. The state of emergency declaration would enable certain lands to be used as temporary housing but costs are soaring.
The latest estimates from City Hall in NYC is over 17,400 migrants have entered the city since the spring with projections of over a $1 billion in costs to taxpayers.