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'Chaos' and 'fury' in NYC as officials lose faith in Mayor

Eric Adams over migrant crisis: report
Adams said that New York City has already spent more than $1 billion in addressing the migrant crisis
By Jeffrey Clark Fox News

Published December 26, 2023 1:30pm EST

NYC Mayor Eric Adams tells constituents 'help is not on the way' for migrant crisis
NYC Mayor Eric Adams, who has spoken about the severity of the migrant crisis before, warned at a press conference on Friday that the White House will not
be assisting the city in this moment of crisis.

Some critics are calling New York City Mayor Eric Adams' management of the migrant
crisis chaotic and are casting doubt over his leadership, according to a New York Times
feature.

In a Tuesday article headlined, "Chaos, fury, mistakes: 600 days inside New York's migrant
crisis," The Times interviewed human rights advocates and local officials on New York
City's handling of the migrant crisis.

Adams announced back in May that the city has received over 70,000 migrants into the
city. For months, the mayor of one of America's most recognizable cities has told New
Yorkers the migrant crisis will worsen a budget shortfall and cause suffering for both
constituents and migrants. Adams said that New York City has already spent more than
$1 billion in addressing the migrant crisis and is projected to need more than $4 billion in
funding.

NYC MAYOR ADAMS MIGRANT CRISIS WILL LEAD TO 'EXTREMELY PAINFUL' BUDGET
CUTS; DOESN’T EXPECT FEDS TO HELP

Some critics are calling New York City Mayor Eric Adams's management of the migrant crisis chaotic and casting doubt
over his leadership, according to a New York Times feature. (Getty Images)

The Republican executive of Orange County, Steven Neuhaus, told The Times that Adams
sent two buses of migrants to his county without making good on his promise to contact
him before proceeding.

"Inever heard anything back," Neuhaus said. "Soon, two buses of migrants, with New York
City police escorts, arrived at an Orange County hotel," according to The Times.

Other officials in upstate New York also complained that Adams did not give them
"adequate warning" before sending buses of migrants upstate.

"It angered everybody," Daniel McCoy, the Albany County executive, told The Times.

NEW YORK CITY MIGRANT FAMILIES URGE MAYOR TO REVOKE 60-DAY SHELTER LIMIT

The confusion and overcrowding of shelters in New York City and across the state comes as migrants' families and
advocates protest Adams's policy for a 60-day limit for stay in shelters, per the Associated Press. (AP/Ted Shaffrey)

Some officials, like New York City comptroller Brad Lander, have directly opposed Adams,
restricting "the mayor’s emergency power to contract for migrant services without review."

"His spokeswoman pointed to ‘extensive failures’ by the city," The Times reported.

A volunteer aid group executive, Power Malu, called the scenes "fabricated chaos."

Some migrants choose to "sleep on the sidewalk outside an office to hold their place in
line" for shelter, with others getting into outright "[s]hoving matches."

The confusion and overcrowding of shelters in New York City and across the state comes
as migrants' families and advocates protest Adams' policy for a 60-day limit for stay in
shelters, per the Associated Press .

Adams' office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News
Digital.

Jeffrey Clark is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. He has previously served as a speechwriter for
a cabinet secretary and as a Fulbright teacher in South Korea. Jeffrey graduated from the University of
Iowa in 2019 with a degree in English and History.

Story tips can be sent to jeffrey.clark@fox.com.

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