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Adams demands Hochul use emergency powers to force all of NY to accept migrants

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Published Aug. 23, 2023
Updated Aug. 23, 2023, 5:33 p.m. ET

Mayor Adams wants Gov. Hochul to use an executive order to force communities outside of New York City to take in migrants and give the Big Apple $6.5 billion, according to a bombshell legal filing in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Hizzoner went so far as to recommend several state-controlled locations for new temporary shelters in Brentwood, Newburgh, King Parks, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.

“The scale of the crisis … demands State leadership of a statewide solution,” wrote NYC’s Law Department.

The extensive list includes the Pilgrim Psychiatric Facility, Kings Park Psychiatric Center, the Stewart Air National Guard Base, the Javits Center, Aqueduct Racetrack, a second hanger at JFK International, the Staten Island Armory, and some dormitories at State University of New York campuses.

The 13-page document solidifies the deepening divide between City Hall and Albany over how best to handle the more than 100,000 asylum-seekers who have arrived in the five boroughs since Spring 2022.

Mayor Adams addresses migrant crisis in front of Borough Hall with Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.
The filing came Wednesday as part of the Adams administration’s appeal to ease the right-to-shelter requirement. Gabriella Bass

The city’s surging migrant population is set to double by June 2024 — meaning the city will be on the hook for 100,000 homeless immigrants — as costs are estimated to rise to a mind-boggling high of $12 billion over the next three years.

The state committed $1.5 billion to support the City’s efforts to shelter asylum seekers and has deployed more than 1,800 members of the New York National Guard to provide logistical and operational support at City-run shelters

City Hall did offer an olive branch following the hearing by thanking Hochul for the state’s efforts.

A man who was waiting for a bus of migrants to arrive at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023
Nearly 60,000 asylum seekers are currently in New York City’s care, according to numbers released Wednesday. Robert Mecea
Two bus loads of migrants were dropped off at the Port Authority.
The state called up the National Guard to help assist the city with intake. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

“New York City has moved heaven and earth largely alone to provide care to more than 104,400 asylum seekers asking for shelter,” City Hall told The Post following the hearing.

“After opening more than 200 emergency sites, we’re grateful that Governor Hochul is eager to collaborate on solutions to this crisis. Our partnership helped secure Floyd Bennett Field as a site to host asylum seekers, and we thank Governor Hochul for her commitment to pay for that site, as well as for partially funding additional case management services.”