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Republicans seize on Mayor Adams’ dramatic remarks that migrant crisis will ‘destroy’ NYC

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on September 7, 2023

Republican pols looking to cut the flow of migrants into America are seizing on Democratic Mayor Eric Adams’ comments from a Wednesday night town hall in Manhattan that the ongoing influx will “destroy New York City.”

Hizzoner made the striking declaration at the start of the Sept. 6 meeting at Riverside School for Makers and Artists on the Upper West Side. He stressed that there’s seemingly no end in sight for the migrant crisis given the sheer volume of people — roughly 10,000 newcomers — arriving the Big Apple each month, despite the continued lack of substantial assistance from Albany and Washington.

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Republicans seize on Mayor Adams’ dramatic remarks that migrant crisis will ‘destroy’ NYC

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