The Adams administration is planning to hand out fliers to asylum-seekers at the southern border discouraging them from coming to New York City.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration is challenging the city's right to shelter law in court. | Francis Chung/POLITICONEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, has said for months his city has no more capacity to house asylum-seekers.
“Our goal is: no child, no family is sleeping on the streets,” Adams said. “That’s our goal, and we’re getting closer and closer to being unable to fulfill even that.” As an illustration of the current capacity issues, he pointed to more than 200 migrants who arrived Wednesday. Because there are no beds available, the asylum-seekers must wait — potentially on the streets — until something opens up.The city will continue to search for locations to house arriving migrants, and officials haveto other locations throughout the state.
“Please consider another city as you make your decision about where to settle in the U.S.,” the flier, published in English and Spanish, suggested.with the message: “That’s not very progressive of them!”for the immigration debate as Adams has said it cannot afford to be a so-called Sanctuary City without more support from Washington.
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