NYC s Eric Adams Claims City Is near Breaking Point Over Migrants
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has admitted shelters are at the 'breaking point' after Texas bused nearly 11,000 migrants to the 'sanctuary city.' In a statement on Wednesday, Adams expressed frustration over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's busing policy that has inundated the Big Apple with thousands of migrants and left a group of 60 without access to a shelter on Monday. 'In this new and unforeseen reality, where we expect thousands more to arrive every week going forward, the city's system is nearing its breaking point,' Adams said.
'As a result, the city's prior practices, which never contemplated the bussing of thousands of people into New York City, must be reassessed. 'While some may want to use these extraordinary circumstances as an opportunity to play an unproductive game of gotcha, we remain focused on supporting each of these individuals and families who need our city's help.' Among the latest group of migrants who arrived in New York this month included 44 from El Paso, which has seen such an influx of immigrants that its shelters were forced to reject nearly 1,000 people, who were pictured sleeping on the city streets.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city was nearing it's breaking point amid an influx of 11,000 migrants being bussed over from Texas in protest of the country's border policy On Monday, the city reportedly failed to properly shelter a group of 60 migrants that arrived from Texas The group was forced to sleep on chairs and the floor for five hours until beds were finally made available The group fared better than the estimated 1,000 migrants out on the streets of El Paso after the Texas city saw its shelters fill up, forcing the immigrants to sleep on the streets on Wednesday While some migrants were given mattresses, others only had sleeping bags as they rested in the middle of the street While once again rebuking the busing protest policy carried on by officials in the Southwest, Adams said the city has been working to accommodate its newest arrivals since May. 'This administration, on its own, homepage has safely and efficiently provided shelter, health care, education, and a host of other services to more than 11,000 people predominantly from Central and South America who are seeking a better life,' Adams said. 'This is a remarkable achievement that has required - and will continue to require — the efforts of our entire team, and has become a reality that no city official, advocate, or court ever could have contemplated.' Adams, however, is being called upon to do more after Legal Aid NY reported that the city has repeatedly failed to properly shelter groups of new migrants. New York city is one of the few municipalities in the country with right-to-shelter laws, which guarantees that anyone who asks for shelter within a deadline must be given a place to stay that same day.