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NYC Mayor wants Biden to declare a state of emergency over asylum seekers

NYC Migrants

Important Takeaways:

  • New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday called for the federal government to declare a state of emergency to manage the “crisis” at the border, saying the influx of asylum seekers could end up costing the city billions of dollars in the coming years.
  • Adams said more than 57,000 migrants are under the city’s care on an average night and nearly 100,000 asylum seekers have sought shelter there since last year.
  • At a news conference Wednesday, Adams said a federal state of emergency would “allow federal funds to be allocated quickly to help address the urgent challenges we face.”
  • Adams declared a state of emergency for New York City in October.
  • An official from the Department of Homeland Security pointed to the “more than $140 million in federal funding to New York City, more than any other interior city.”
  • In his remarks Wednesday, Adams said the city would not “abandon our brothers and sisters seeking the American dream.”

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NYC Mayor “Eventually this is going to come to a neighborhood near you, and it is—91,000 people”

Important Takeaways:

  • NYC Mayor Eric Adams Quits on Migrants Camped on Sidewalk
  • They’ve been sleeping outside a hotel in the biggest and richest city with virtually no help from government leaders. It’s a disgrace.
  • In the past few days those who head uptown have suddenly encountered a scene that disgraces every level of government, from the mayor to the governor to the president
  • Its immediate ability to cope with such an influx has maxed out and neither the feds nor the state are coming to the rescue even though the city pays both far more in taxes than it receives in services and benefits.

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