After months of imploring the White House, Adams is getting some backup from other elected officials.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.New York City Mayor Eric Adams once again publicly implored the Biden administration for more help in addressing the ongoing migrant crisis and was joined Tuesday by Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and members of the Hotel Trades Council — a powerful city union that represents hospitality workers.
In an emotionally-charged speech, the mayor repeated his calls for the White House to provide more money and approve of temporary work authorizations for the new arrivals. “There is no reason the national government is not standing true to the basic principle of the American experience to allow you the right to work,” Adams said at a rally outside Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza on Tuesday. “It is unacceptable.”
More than 100,000 migrants are estimated to have arrived in New York — a sanctuary city that provides certain legal protections to the new arrivals — since the expiration of certain pandemic-era restrictions. City officials are continuing to sound the alarm on the amount of money it needs to provide shelter and other resources to the new arrivals. Last week, Adams said the migrant crisis
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