New York City Mayor Eric Adams has used taxpayer money to send migrants to states like Texas and Florida and even South America and China, despite berating Republican governors for sending them to the Big Apple had sent.
Adams, a Democrat, spent about $50,000 of the city’s money to send 114 migrant households elsewhere in the world as the city is flooded with tens of thousands of asylum seekers.
At least 42 families were sent to Florida (28) and Texas (14), while others went as far as New Jersey, a few as far as Colombia and one to China.
The mayor has previously berated Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott for busing migrants to New York and other northeastern areas in what he called a “political stunt.”
“This was part of a political ploy and that’s what we need to understand,” Adams continued CNN at the time.
“I mean, what was his purpose in sending a planeload to Martha’s Vineyard? He just felt like he wanted to participate in this horrible act,” he said at a press conference ABC news.
According to Abbott, he sent about 9,700 asylum seekers to New York City Politics. DeSantis has flown about 85 migrants to Massachusetts and California.
Kate Smart, a spokesperson for the mayor, bizarrely attempted to contrast the city’s efforts with those of Florida and Texas.
“New York City, as we’ve discussed publicly for months, has been working to connect individuals with friends, family and networks both in New York City and beyond,” Smart said in a statement.
“We are not forcing people to leave, we are not suggesting or recommending locations and we are not presenting false choice of any kind. We help people who want to reconnect with loved ones or communities to do so.”
The city says 78,700 migrants have come to New York since last spring and 48,700 of them are still covered by the city’s support system.
Adams, who called the immigration crisis a “disaster,” has opened 174 emergency shelters and shelters.
The city plans to spend more than $4.3 billion to slow down the crisis.
The city says 78,700 migrants have come to New York since last spring and 48,700 of them are still covered by the city’s support system.
The mayor has previously berated Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (pictured) for transporting migrants to New York and other northeastern areas in what he called a “political stunt.”
“I mean, what was his purpose in sending a planeload to Martha’s Vineyard? He just felt like he wanted to get involved in this horrendous act,” Adams said at a press conference about DeSantis.
Earlier this year, Adams visited the US-Mexico border and called the situation “a disaster” that needed to be addressed at the federal level.
The visit came after governors of Republican-led states such as Florida and Texas began transporting and flying migrants to New York City in 2022.
In late May, Adams called for migrants to be sent to every major city in America.
Adams reopened many of the city’s closed hotels and turned them into migrant shelters to handle an influx of asylum seekers in late 2022 and early 2023.
However, on CBS’s Face the Nation, Adams told host Margaret Brennan that this is “not a burden on one city” and suggested a shared solution.
“We have 108,000 cities, towns, cities,” he said.
“If everyone takes a small part of that, and if it’s coordinated at the border to make sure those who come here legally to this country are actually moved across the country, it won’t be a burden to one city.’
Adams has proposed housing migrants in “private homes” to cope with the influx of economically dependent seekers in the Big Apple.
Adams reopened many of the city’s closed hotels and turned them into migrant shelters to handle an influx of asylum seekers in late 2022 and early 2023
Earlier this year, Adams visited the US-Mexico border and called the situation “a disaster” that needed to be addressed at the federal level
The statement came as Adams announced a partnership with Houses of worship in New York to give migrants a place to stay in the city.
“My vision is to take the next step to this faith-based location and then move into a private home… They have spare rooms,” Adams said Monday afternoon.
Adams said that when the church-based program is fully operational, they hope to receive up to 1,000 asylum seekers at a time.