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NYC Mayor Eric Adams sounds alarm on migrant crisis,

warns a ‘financial tsunami’ is ahead
The mayor warned that every city department will likely see budget cuts to address the anticipated $12 billion price tag
of the migrant crisis
By Bradford Betz Fox News

Published September 10, 2023 7:26pm EDT

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday said the influx of tens of thousands of
migrants will bring a "financial tsunami" as departments across the board are forced to
slash budgets to accommodate the new arrivals.

The mayor’s dire warning came during an appearance on PIX 11’s "PIX on Politics" days
after he predicted that the crisis "will destroy New York City."

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. (AP/Hans Pennink)

Adams said it was his job as mayor, to be honest and transparent with New Yorkers about
the reality of the crisis they are facing.

"We are about to experience a financial … tsunami that I don’t think the city has ever
experienced," Adams said. "Every service in this city is going to be impacted from child
service to our seniors to housing. Everything will be impacted.

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He warned that women and children may soon have to share spaces with single men, and
public safety could be threatened, alluding to a brawl that broke out at a migrant shelter in
Brooklyn Thursday morning.

Responding to criticism that his words were deemed "reckless," Mayor Adams said the
reality on the ground "was not an academic exercise."

Migrants await registration outside of the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The asylum
seekers are forced to wait on the streets, since the hotel is currently at capacity. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital )

"This is not a utopia. New York City cannot manage 10,000 people a month with no end in
sight," he said. "That can’t happen, and that is going to undermine this entire city."

The mayor further warned that every city department will likely see budget cuts to address
the anticipated $12 billion price tag of the migrant crisis.

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Several major U.S. cities have struggled with an influx of many thousands of asylum
seekers who have filled up homeless shelters after entering the U.S. New York City's
shelter system has been especially overwhelmed.

Illegal border crossings fell sharply after the Biden administration introduced new
restrictions in May. But the numbers are again rising — pushed higher this time by families
with children. According to preliminary data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
August was the busiest month ever for apprehensions for migrant families crossing the
border with children from Mexico.

FILE: Migrants gather outside of the Roosevelt Hotel where dozens of recently arrived migrants have been camping out as
they try to secure temporary housing on August 02, 2023 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Families with children now account for about half of arrests of people crossing the border
illegally from Mexico, with more than 91,000 arrests in August, a U.S. official told The
Associated Press.

New York City has welcomed at least 110,000 since spring 2022, nearly 60,000 temporarily
living in government shelters.

"Let’s be clear: No one wants asylum-seeking women and children in congregate shelters,
but, as we have said repeatedly, with more than 110,000 asylum seekers that have come
through our care since spring 2022, and hundreds more arriving daily, we cannot continue
to do work to solve a national crisis that the state and federal governments have refused
to take meaningful action on," a spokesperson for Adams' office told Fox News Digital.

"New York City has far passed its breaking point, and the best way to avoid heartbreaking
outcomes — like what we saw outside The Roosevelt Hotel earlier this summer — is for
the federal government to expedite work authorizations, declare a national state of
emergency, and create a decompression strategy that would help spread asylum seekers
across the state and country."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Bradford Betz is a Fox News Digital breaking reporter covering crime, political issues, and much
more.

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