Tag: migrant crisis

Adams unloads on Biden in bombshell interview with right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson

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Jan. 22, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams unloaded on former President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party during an explosive pre-taped interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that aired Tuesday evening. Hizzoner, in the opening minutes of the interview conducted in Gracie Mansion, charged that Biden and top White House…

NYC to close Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter, over a dozen other sites

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Dec. 10, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams’ office announced Tuesday that the city will close the controversial migrant shelter at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field, along with numerous other sites, over the next couple of months amid a rapid decline in new arrivals. The 2,000-bed tent shelter, which sits on a decommissioned federal…

NYC to close mega Randall’s Island migrant shelter as new arrivals decline

Lines of cots at the migrant tent city set up on Randall's Island

Oct. 9, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller New York City will close by late February the controversial migrant shelter it built on Randall’s Island to handle the overwhelming flow of newcomers over the past two years, City Hall announced on Wednesday. The city has already started deconstructing the 3,000 bed shelter for adult migrants, according…

NYC can start to ‘exhale’ amid ‘huge’ dip in newly arriving migrants: Mayor Adams

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Aug. 13, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams reported Tuesday that there has been a “huge” decrease in the number of migrants showing up in New York City every week — allowing him to begin breathing a sigh of relief over a crisis that once seemed to define his administration. Adams, during his…