Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as “props” in bid for federal money

Migrants in New York City have been in the news.  The Associated Press reports that immigrants have waited night and day outside New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel, sleeping on the sidewalk in hopes of a bed in the city’s homeless shelter. Mayor Eric Adams repeatedly has said the city is out of room and sought to dissuade more migrants from coming.

The scene outside the migrant shelter and intake center underscores the overcrowding in a homeless housing system.  “But some critics accuse New York City officials of exploiting the lines outside the Roosevelt as part of a campaign to pressure state and federal officials to come up with more money to tackle the crisis and discourage more migrants from entering the U.S. from Mexico.”

KJ