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New York City Published June 8, 2023 8:54am EDT

NYC Mayor Eric Adams sues 30 New

York counties for refusing to house
migrants
Mayor's office says claims that housing migrants is a threat to public safety are 'baseless'

By Chris Pandolfo | Fox News

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is suing 30 New York counties over local executive
orders intended to stop the city from housing migrants in their towns.

Adams, a Democrat, announced a lawsuit Wednesday that calls actions by these counties
an "unlawful attempt" to prevent New York City from responding to a statewide emergency
and humanitarian crisis. The lawsuit asks the court to declare the local orders null and
void.

"This lawsuit aims to put an end to this xenophobic bigotry and ensure our state acts as
one as we work together to manage this humanitarian crisis fairly and humanely, as we
have done from the beginning and as we will continue to do," Adams said in a statement.

New York City has been overwhelmed by tens of thousands of migrants pouring into the
five boroughs in the past year. The mayor's office said more than 74,000 asylum-seekers
have sought shelter in the city to date — most entering the U.S. from the southern border
— with more than 47,200 currently being housed by the City of New York. Hundreds of
migrants are arriving daily, with as many as 900 individuals coming to the city in some
weeks in May.

NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS WANTS TO HOUSE MIGRANTS IN CHURCHES, PROPOSES

PRIVATE RESIDENCES DOWN THE ROAD

New York City Mayor Eric Adams listens to Gov. Kathy Hochul deliver her State of the State address in the Assembly
Chamber at the state Capitol on Jan. 10, 2023, in Albany, New York. Adams on Monday announced a new program aimed at
housing asylum-seekers in faith-based shelters. (AP/Hans Pennink)

The massive influx of migrants has sent the city scrambling to find a place for these
people. New York City has opened up more than 160 emergency sites offering temporary
shelter, placed migrants in hotels, school gymnasiums and partnered with churches or
faith-based organizations to set up shelters in their buildings as well. Adams even
suggested that the city pay private homeowners and landlords to house migrants.

With space running out in New York City, Adams declared a state of emergency on May 5
and a "new voluntary program" to transport migrants to other parts of New York state.

"Since this crisis began, New York City has — virtually on its own — stepped up to provide
shelter, food, clothing, and other services to asylum-seekers arriving in our city. We are
doing our part and will continue to do our part, but we need every locality across the state
to do their part as well," Adams said.

However, his policy puts the city in conflict with several New York counties that do not
want to house the migrants. Those counties have said giving shelter to migrants would
threaten public safety, citing reports of rampant drug use and lawless behavior at the
hotels where New York City has placed asylum-seekers. Several counties and a town have
obtained restraining orders against the city preventing migrants from being housed in their
jurisdictions.

NYC MAYOR ADAMS RIDICULED FOR SUGGESTING MIGRANTS BE HOUSED IN PRIVATE

RESIDENCES: ‘TRAIN IS OFF THE TRACKS’

The Row Hotel in New York City is being used to house migrants who have traveled to the sanctuary city. (Fox News)

The mayor's office called claims of threats to public safety "baseless" and said that the
city is only trying to house a "relatively small" number of people in outside jurisdictions.

"While many communities have been overwhelmingly supportive and enthusiastic about
welcoming these new arrivals to their cities and towns, some elected officials have
attempted to build metaphorical walls around their localities with unlawful executive
orders," Adams said.

The lawsuit comes after a federal judge on Tuesday halted two New York counties' orders
designed to block New York City from sending migrants to hotels in their jurisdictions.

Judge Nelson Roman of the Southern District of New York blocked the enactment of
orders by Orange County and Rockland County that barred local hotels and motels from
making rooms available to migrants from New York City.

FLORIDA OFFICIALS CONFIRM STATE BEHIND MIGRANT FLIGHTS TO CALIFORNIA AS

NEWSOM THREATENS ‘KIDNAPPING CHARGES’

Hundreds of asylum-seekers line up outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023, in New York City. New
York City has provided sanctuary to over 46,000 asylum-seekers since 2013, when the city passed a law prohibiting city
agencies from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement agencies unless there is a warrant for the person's arrest.
(David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

The judge found convincing civil rights groups' arguments that migrants were being
discriminated against on the basis of national origin, alienage and race, which violates the
equal protection clause under the Fourteenth Amendment.

New York City’s migrant crisis was exacerbated by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's program to
bus migrants to sanctuary cities including NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington,
D.C.

Cities in Texas have also bussed migrants to cities deeper into the interior. It was revealed
this week that Florida officials, who have previously sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard,
Massachusetts, have also been flying migrants to California.

Those flights sparked a furious response from California officials, who accused Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis of kidnapping and exploiting the migrants involved. Florida officials
pushed back publishing video they say shows that the flights were voluntary.
,

DeSantis on Wednesday said it was right that states and cities with "sanctuary" policies
bear the brunt of the migrant crisis.

"Ifthere's a policy to have an open border, then I think these sanctuary jurisdictions should
be the ones that have to bear that," he said. "We’re not a sanctuary in Florida."
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Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him
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