Tensions are rising between the New York City mayor’s office and the state and federal governments over how to handle more than 58,000 asylum seekers now in the city’s care, as the Biden administration resists a quick fix proposed by the state and city.
Many migrants, some of them shipped to New York by Republican governors to the south, have been sleeping on the streets after existing hotels and shelters reached capacity, and they are starting to fill new shelters converted from houses of worship and schools. Opponents of the new migrant shelters rallied this week at protests in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens.
Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, has repeatedly blamed the Biden administration for not giving the city more resources to house the migrants and fast-track them for work authorization.
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