Amid news that New York City may well be receiving even more migrants, this time from Colorado’s Democratic Governor Jared Polis, Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday defended his comments that the city has reached capacity on the number of asylum seekers it can accommodate, pushing back on the notion that they were “callous.”
The mayor was referring to a Tuesday radio interview where he said there’s “no more room at the inn,” meaning New York has had to accept over 30,000 migrants so far and doesn’t have the resources to shelter, feed, clothe and educate any more without federal aid. He said his remarks were sparked by learning on Monday that Polis was planning on sending buses of migrants from Colorado to New York and other cities including Chicago.
