- New York City sued over 30 counties across the state for issuing emergency executive orders that prohibit local hotels from hosting migrants bussed in by Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, the city announced Wednesday.
- In response to Adams’ plan, counties issued emergency executive orders barring hotels from hosting migrants. Over 74,000 migrants have arrived in NYC as of June 4, according to the city.
- Adams said in a statement Wednesday that New York City has “virtually on its own” provided for the needs of migrants arriving in the city and has “repeatedly sounded the alarm that [its] shelter system is at capacity.”
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NYC Sues Counties For Rejecting Illegals Bused In By Mayor Adams
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at Brooklyn Borough Hall July 19, 2021 in New York to announce the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking & Crime Prevention Act. - The Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking & Crime Prevention Act is a bill that seeks to address the illegal transfer of guns across state lines, by establishing gun trafficking as a federal crime. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
