New York City Mayor Eric Adams. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The move comes as migrants continue to arrive in the city, with over 1,300 new migrants reaching New York City last week, according to the Fox 5 report.
Adams argued that the city has been forced to act to save shelter space amid the continued influx.
"If we would not have done anything, we would have had 198,000 people still in our care instead of 65,000," Adams said.
Single migrant men, mostly from West Africa, congregate in Tompkins Square Park as volunteers give away food and clothing, January 27, 2024, in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
For their part, New York City officials insist they aren’t leaving evicted migrants without resources, arguing that they continue to help asylum seekers navigate their next steps as their shelter time expires.
"We are giving them Information, we are connecting them to resources, and we are talking to them about what those next steps are going to be," Camille Joseph Varlack, chief of staff with the mayor's office, told Fox 5.
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