Mayor Eric Adams flew to the U.S. border Saturday to get a firsthand look at the migrant crisis on the heels of his plea to the state for emergency aid.
The mayor sounded a dire alarm Friday when he issued an emergency aid request to the state for help sheltering the flow of migrants that he said has pushed New York city's shelter system.
"Based off our projections, we anticipate being unable to continue sheltering arriving asylum seekers on our own and have submitted an emergency mutual aid request to the State of New York beginning this weekend," Adams said. Word of Adams' trip came hours after his public plea, with a travel advisory coming out of his office announcing the southern border trip"as New York City continues to face an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers."The mayor has called on the state for immediate help this weekend, noting the cost to handle arriving migrants from the border has ballooned well beyond what has been budgeted.
"Governor Hochul will continue working collaboratively with Mayor Adams to assist the city with asylum seekers, and we are reviewing the city's recent requests," a spokesperson for the governor said Saturday. Adams' emergency mutual aid request to the state asks for immediate help acquiring 500 additional beds, but warns more will likely be needed. The influx of migrants to the Big Apple has stretched the city's shelter system exponentially. Already, it's estimated some 40,000 people seeking asylum made it to NYC in the past year.The federal government is sending asylum seekers to New York City with the hope of a better life - but the system has left many on the streets and struggling.
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