New York City sticking with migrant hotel plan despite pushback from suburbs
by: MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press
Posted: May 12, 2023 / 03:16 PM CDT
Updated: May 12, 2023 / 03:16 PM CDT
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A plan by New York City officials to send some migrants seeking asylum to hotels in northern suburbs was met with fierce resistance by local leaders, leading to a delay in an initial transfer that had been touted for Wednesday even as the city insisted its plans hadn’t changed.
Mayor Eric Adams had caused an uproar north of the city by announcing Friday that the city would send north up to 300 single, adult men to two hotels in suburban Rockland County and neighboring Orange County for up to four months. The Democratic mayor’s plan comes as the city struggles to deal with a surge of about 60,000 asylum-seekers since last spring, many of whom were bused to the city by out-of-state governors.
New York City officials had intended to move forward with at least part of the plan and send “a small number of asylum seekers” to Orange County on Wednesday, Adams spokesperson Fabien Levy said in a statement.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/new-york-city-sticking-with-migrant-hotel-plan-despite-pushback-from-suburbs/
