The migrant crisis is getting so hard for New York City to handle
that Mayor Eric Adams sees a policy that could send thousands of people
into the streets, many with nowhere to sleep and nowhere to work, as his
next best move. It’s the latest in a series of increasingly desperate attempts by the
Democratic mayor to stem the influx of asylum-seekers — a situation
some in City Hall think has been fueled in part by a decades-old mandate
for the city to provide shelter to anyone in need and for as long as
they need it. With more than 60,000 migrants in the city’s care, Adams has decided
to stop sheltering single adults after two months, and thousands will
start being evicted this Saturday. The decision was made, in part, out of concerns that New York’s
shelter guarantee was becoming a magnet for migrants, according to two
people familiar with City Hall’s thinking. Now, with many about to face the end of their stays, migrants will be thrust into one of the most expensive places in the world What they’ll find is a city of extremes — where even the middle class
can struggle to make ends meet, where the median rent is a record $4,400
a month in Manhattan, where scarce apartments can prompt fierce bidding
wars and where billionaires spend tens, even hundreds, of millions of
dollars on glitzy second homes high atop the skyline. Related: www.politico.com/news/2023/09/22/nyc-shelters-migrants-discourage-new-arrivals-00117500 NYC mayor Eric Adams to kick out over 100,000 illegals into the streets, ending NYC sanctuary city status
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