- New York City officials have become overwhelmed by the number of migrants being bused from Texas and are struggling to provide a promised intake center and hotel rooms for those coming.
- “We were already facing a crisis of homelessness in New York City when the flow of these migrant families started in earnest,” said Josh Goldfein, a lawyer with the homeless rights advocacy division at Legal Aid.
- “We’ve always had asylum seekers in the New York City shelter system, so that is not new. But obviously, the volume increased.”