Eric Adams Praises NYC's Response To Migrant Crisis, Demands Federal Government 'Do Their Job'

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams (D-NY) was asked about how the city is responding to the hundreds of thousands of migrants that have come to New York City.

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00:00 Regarding the migrant shelters in Clinton Hill on Hall and Ryerson Street,

00:06 there was a town hall meeting yesterday. Many of the residents voiced their

00:10 frustrations with the administration's handling of the two buildings that

00:14 were turned into shelters. They called for you to end the leases at Hall and

00:19 Ryerson and build more shelters that are smaller and spread out amongst the five

00:23 boroughs. We also talked to some of the migrants at the Hall Street Center and

00:28 they talked of some of the conditions, particularly with the hygiene and upkeep

00:32 of the living and shower spaces. They said the food portions were small and sometimes

00:37 edible and that they even lacked access to consistent drinking water. What is your

00:42 plan for the future of the Hall and Ryerson Street migrant centers? Is there a

00:45 plan to address the living conditions at the shelters and what have you discussed

00:50 with the Biden administration regarding expediting work permits and asylum

00:55 applications? Thank you and I don't think we could be any clearer.

00:59 195,000. 195,000 and we have managed this crisis. I think Camille's leadership

01:12 has been amazing with Deputy Mayor Williams-Isom and the entire team and I

01:17 said last year, probably even longer than that, this is going to start having a

01:24 visual representation of how large this crisis is. Not like other cities because

01:29 when you look at other cities sleeping in hospitals, airports, on the streets,

01:33 you're not seeing that here for the most part. But let's be clear, every local

01:40 and state official must stand up and call for the federal government to do

01:44 its job. We're doing our job but they have to do their job also and I

01:49 encourage the councilwomen in that area who seem to have taken a shift in her

01:55 belief of this crisis now because now it's local. I encourage her to go to the

02:01 Port Authority, hop on a bus, go to DC like I did for ten times and say the

02:07 federal government must do their job. We're going to continue to do our job

02:10 that we have. This is a crisis that we've managed and we're going to

02:14 continue to do so. It's not going to be pretty all the time but we're going to

02:18 continue to manage this crisis.

Eric Adams Praises NYC's Response To Migrant Crisis, Demands Federal Government 'Do Their Job'

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