Eric Adams calls on Biden to declare a state of emergency in New York over the migrant crisis — with more buses to the Big Apple’s Roosevelt Hotel from Texas — as the mayor estimates the crisis could cost the city $12 billion
Eric Adams calls on Biden to declare a state of emergency in New York over the migrant crisis — with more buses to the Big Apple’s Roosevelt Hotel from Texas — as the mayor estimates the crisis could cost the city $12 billion
- Mayor Eric Adams called on President Joe Biden to declare a state of emergency in the state at a press conference on Wednesday
- He said he expects the city to spend nearly $12 billion on housing the thousands of migrants who have already arrived in New York City.
- On Wednesday morning, more were being bussed into the Big Apple
New York Mayor Eric Adams has called on President Joe Biden to declare a state of emergency in the state as migrants continue to pour into the Big Apple.
“We are facing an unprecedented state of emergency,” he declared. “The immigration system in this country is broken, it has been broken for decades.
“Today, New York City has to pick up the pieces,” Adams said.
The Democratic mayor has been criticized for his lack of response to the migrant crisis currently plaguing New York City as he continues to blame the lack of a federal response.
He said at a news conference Wednesday that he expects the city to spend nearly $12 billion by the summer of 2025 to accommodate the thousands of migrants who have already arrived in New York City in recent months.
And more are arriving every week — with buses arriving at the Roosevelt Hotel on Wednesday morning to drop off more migrants for processing.
The hotel had become the hotbed of the United States’ migrant crisis last week, as hundreds of people were forced to sleep on the pavement in the relentless heat awaiting processing.
A large migrant family arrived at the Roosevelt Hotel with their suitcases on Wednesday
Some family members were again forced to wait outside for processing
City officials had previously estimated that the city would spend about $4.3 billion by July 2024 on housing, nutrition and services for migrant families.
Since then, however, the number of migrants entering the city has skyrocketed, and city officials now spend an average of $9.8 million a day.
By July 2024, the city is now expected to spend a whopping $6.1 billion.
“New Yorkers’ compassion may be limitless, but our resources are not,” Adams said Wednesday. “And our partners at the state and federal level know this.”
More than 57,000 migrants are already sleeping in city shelters and emergency housing systems, with even more being bussed into the city on Wednesday.
It is believed that six buses arrived during the night, with the last bus dropping off migrants in front of the Roosevelt Hotel at around 6 a.m. while uniformed soldiers patrolled the area.
“The New Yorkers did not create an international humanitarian crisis, but the New Yorkers have to solve the crisis almost entirely on their own,” Adams said, appearing to shift the blame to Republican lawmakers.
“It has been fueled by those in Congress who stand in the way of real immigration reform, by governors who have used vulnerable asylum seekers as their political pawns, and the indifference of leaders across the country.”
He asked for more funding from state officials and said the federal government must now lead a “decompression strategy” at the border and ensure that other cities take their share of the arrivals.
On Wednesday, a man is pictured carrying his bags into the Roosevelt Hotel
Migrants were seen again on the sidewalk outside the hotel on Wednesday
A woman is seen rummaging through her bag to get her documents for processing
More than 57,000 migrants are already sleeping in urban shelters and emergency housing systems,