'It's the New Ellis Island': Hundreds of Migrants Flood into NYC's Roosevelt Hotel as Big Apple becomes Epicenter of the Border Crisis - and Mayor Eric Adams says he'll ask judge to SUSPEND right-to-shelter rules
Hundreds of migrants have flooded into
New York City's The Roosevelt Hotel overnight to be processed and given shelter as the city continues baring the brunt of the asylum seeker crisis.
The historic Manhattan tower was dubbed 'the new Ellis Island' by one city official - but there is no view of Lady Liberty or the American flag as endless streams of migrants arrive from South America, Africa and the Middle East.
The Big Apple has taken at least 95,000 migrants so far in 2023 - and the Democratic politicians who first
welcomed the influx are now pleading with people to stop flooding across the Southern border. Many of the migrants are transported north by Republican governors fed up with
Joe Biden's disastrous open-arms policy.
'We're creating a new Ellis Island for New York City,' Dr. Ted Long, a public health official who is helping lead the city's response to the migrant crisis, told the
New York Times.
But Dr Long's hopeful view isn't shared by all. Democratic Mayor Eric Adams is now seeking to axe the right-to-shelter mandate, which requires the city to provide a bed to anyone who asks for one.
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The city is currently paying about $385 a night per migrant family that needs housing and feeding. According to Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, asylum seekers are costing the city roughly $10 million every day.
Despite mayor Adams' cries for help from the state and federal government, the city has not received aid to cover the extra costs, so the $4.7billion would come from the city's budget.
That amount is equal to the budgets for the city's sanitation, fire and parks departments combined.
Adams has warned that the city's services will be affected by the incredible additional expenses on the budget. He has previously stated the city is planning on cutting services such as library hours, meals for senior citizens, and free, full-day care for three-year-olds.
Hundreds of migrants have flooded into New York City's The Roosevelt Hotel overnight to be processed and given shelter.
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