NYC has ‘done its share,’ Mayor Adams insists while defending request to exempt city from right-to-shelter protections amid migrant crisis

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Posted on May 24, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams rebuffed on Wednesday criticisms of his administration filing a legal motion with a Manhattan judge late Tuesday afternoon to suspend the city’s right-to-shelter requirements amid the ongoing migrant influx, saying the city has “done its share” and is asking for “clarity” from the court.

With more than 70,000 migrants having already gone through the city shelter system’s intake process, and 44,000 currently in its care, Adams said there’s no room left to accommodate additional migrants in shelters or the network of over 100 emergency facilities it has erected.