A immigrant advocacy group accused New York City Mayor Eric Adams of using arriving migrants as 'props' and demanded the mayor make more space to shelter them inside.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, left, and migrants awaiting registration outside the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
However, Awawdeh believes the city could be doing more, arguing that people should not be left out to sleep on the street. The comments received pushback from Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom at a Thursday press briefing, who argued"I don’t think I or any person in this administration would use people to do any type of a stunt," Williams-Isom said.
A Fox News Digital reporter captured the scene outside the Roosevelt Hotel earlier this week, with pictures showing migrants lined up around the outside of the building wrapped in blankets and sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder.but only houses children and families, who are put at the front of the line upon their arrival. Adults seeking asylum who arrive at the hotel are not placed there, but meet with caseworkers, receive food and vaccinations, and await placement elsewhere.
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