New York City Mayor Eric Adams has made an emergency aid request to the state in light of an illegal immigrant crisis that he says is bringing the city to its “breaking point.”
Since last spring, around 40,000 illegal immigrants have been sheltered in New York City’s five boroughs, according to the mayor. The inflows have been rapidly growing, straining the city’s resources, from shelter to food. Last week, the city received more than 3,100 illegal aliens, including 835 on Jan. 12—the largest number of arrivals on a single day in the city’s history.
