City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams slammed Mayor Eric Adams on Monday over his 60-day shelter stay limit for migrant families with children, a policy she described as “counterproductive” and “cruel.”
The speaker made the remarks during a Jan. 22 rally in Midtown Manhattan against the policy, under which migrant families with children began getting evicted from their shelter beds earlier this month. The policy stipulates that families must vacate shelter after 60 days and apply for a new placement at the city’s migrant intake center — located at Midtown’s Roosevelt Hotel.
