There is no more room in New York City for processed migrants and asylum seekers, Mayor Eric Adams said earlier this week.
New York City’s “right to shelter” mandate was dealt a significant blow in recent weeks, as tens of thousands of migrants accumulated in the city over the last several months, KERA reported.
Adams acknowledged that many will have to sleep on the streets until the city can figure out how to free up or create more shelter space.
“From this moment on, it’s downhill,” Adams said on Monday, according to The New York Times. “There is no more room.”
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been chartering buses to take asylum seekers to Democrat strongholds like New York City in a bid to bring attention to the unlawful migration crisis border states are facing.
About 200 migrants were standing outside the Roosevelt Hotel on Tuesday, NYT reported. The thousands that preceded them added to the more than 100,000 individuals who already stay in New York City shelters.
“Bienvenidos al arrival center! We are currently at capacity,” a sign 20 feet from them reportedly read.
New York City reportedly took a page out of Abbott’s playbook and contracted a medical services firm to transport migrants to Albany and other cities in New York. However, its efforts do not appear to be having much of an impact.
“Our teams run out of space every single day, and we do our best to offer placements where we have space available,” said Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for Adams.
New York City is adding two humanitarian relief centers in the coming weeks, including a mega-tent big enough for 1,000 people in the parking lot of a state psychiatric hospital in Queens, The City reported.
“Queens will always open its arms to any and all people wishing to seek refuge and build a better life here,” Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said.
It is estimated that New York City will spend as much as $4 billion of taxpayer money through the next fiscal year to shelter and feed the asylum seekers, The New York Times reported.