Hochul revealed Friday that Mayor Eric Adams asked for emergency aid from the state after apparently being rebuffed by the White House.
Hochul also said upstate cities would start welcoming migrants once they received work permits, which takes at least six months after they apply for asylum in the US.
A bus carrying migrants arrives at the tent city on Randall’s Island built to house the influx of migrants who have arrived in New York City in the recent months.As of Wednesday, more than 23,800 migrants had arrived in the city and more than 17,500 were being housed in 55 emergency shelters and the controversial tent city on Randall’s Island, according to City Hall.
“Some families in Senegal are calling me saying: ‘My son is at the border and he is coming to your mosque.’ I cannot say no to them,” he added.New York City has seen a jump in migrants arriving to the city.“I was struggling to look after these people and Eric Adams took 135 people off my hands in one shot,” he said. “”I will not stop praying for Eric Adams.”
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