NYC shelter population could hit 100K, says Mayor Adams as he asks Gov. Hochul for ‘immediate’ help to house migrants

Mayor Adams issued a clarion call Friday for Gov. Hochul to immediately help his administration house Latin American asylum seekers — amid concern that the city’s shelter and emergency housing population could surpass 100,000 in coming weeks due to the seemingly endless influx of migrants. In the past week alone, Adams said more than 3,100 migrants have arrived in the city, most of them after crossing into the U.S. from the southern border in hopes of obtaining asylum. In total, more than 40,000 migrants fleeing poverty and violence in their...