New York City Mayor Eric Adams told reporters on Tuesday that the migrant crisis would be felt citywide. In response, Adams declared a state of emergency on Friday.
said Tuesday that every New York City community would see asylum seekers in the coming days.
On Friday, the mayor declared a state of emergency over the approximately 18,000 migrants being sent from southern border states since the spring, saying the demand being put on the city to provide housing and other assistance is"not sustainable." Eric Adams attends a student screening of "Till" during the 60th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on October 03, 2022 in New York City."We have not asked for this. There was never any agreement to take on the job of supporting thousands of asylum seekers. This responsibility was simply handed to us without warning as buses began showing up. There is no playbook for this, no precedent," he noted then.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 9: Venezuelan asylum seekers leave an Immigrants Information center in Manhattan on October 9, 2022 in New York City. NYC Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency in response to thousands of migrants bused to the city in recent months from the U.S. southern border.The mayor noted that some of the"loudest" elected voices on the issue have been"the least benevolent.