Mayor Eric Adams tried to fend off criticism over accommodations at the new emergency migrant shelter in Brooklyn by staying there.
Eric Adams fended off criticism over migrant accommodations by staying in a Brooklyn shelter.Adams stayed at the migrant shelter during the coldest day of the year.“What we saw is what we have seen since the beginning of this crisis: individuals who are grateful to the greatest city in the world for providing them the opportunity to work towards the American Dream.”
Many of the migrants welcomed the mayor’s impromptu visit – including the opportunity to voice concerns that they were cold. Although City Hall sources said temperatures at the facility never dropped below the city’s mandatory minimum overnight indoor temperature of 62 degrees, Adams and his team promised to turn up the heat and provided extra blankets to anyone who needed them. “He was there feeling how cold it is, and he slept in the room with us,” said Mario Peña, 26, who arrived in the US from Venezuela three months ago. “It was good that he shared with us. He slept in the middle of all of us on a cot.
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