A pair of advocacy groups blasted Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday morning for appearing to say in a radio interview that the city’s “right to shelter” law doesn’t apply to the over 41,000 asylum seekers who’ve been arriving in the Big Apple since last spring.
Hizzoner made the remarks during an interview on WABC’s “Sid & Friends in the Morning,” — a show he frequently calls into, hosted by Sid Rosenberg. During the conversation, the mayor said the city’s status as a sanctuary city is “codified in law;” but his administration doesn’t believe asylum seekers are covered by the city’s right to shelter policy, which requires City Hall to provide shelter to anyone seeking it and is enshrined in municipal law.
