NYC To Create New Agency To Cope With Influx of Asylum Seekers
New York City is spending an average of $363 a day on each asylum-seeker household in the city shelters.

As New York City scrambles to take in a growing number of migrants who crossed the southern border, Mayor Adams is â after months of haranguing federal officials and Republicans in Congress over the nationâs immigration policies â finally deploying a plan to manage the crisis in which the city finds itself.
âWhile our city may be the face of the asylum-seeker crisis, it is not a crisis we can solve on our own,â Mr. Adams said in a letter to New Yorkers accompanying the plan. âA comprehensive response from all levels of government â especially from our state and federal partners â is needed.â
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