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.

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A tent is erected at Orchard Beach as temporary shelter for thousands of migrants who have been bused into New York City. AP/Julia Nikhinson, file

As New York City scrambles to take in a growing number of migrants who crossed the southern border, Mayor Adams is — after months of haranguing federal officials and Republicans in Congress over the nation’s immigration policies — finally deploying a plan to manage the crisis in which the city finds itself.

“While our city may be the face of the asylum-seeker crisis, it is not a crisis we can solve on our own,” Mr. Adams said in a letter to New Yorkers accompanying the plan. “A comprehensive response from all levels of government — especially from our state and federal partners — is needed.”

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