Overview

• Mayor Eric Adams states New York City is 'out of room' due to the unprecedented number of migrants, warning that people may soon be forced to sleep on the streets.
• Adams criticizes sanctuary city laws and the right-to-shelter law, claiming they limit his ability to manage the crisis and are unfair to both New Yorkers and migrants.
• The mayor's administration is engaged in legal battles to enforce the right-to-shelter law, which he says was not intended for migrants and asylum seekers.
• A lawsuit has been filed against Adams for not expanding the city's housing voucher program as required by a new law, amidst the city's struggle to house homeless immigrants.
• Adams insists that while New York is a city of immigrants, it cannot shoulder the global migrant problem alone, stressing that the city's resources are finite.