New York City Mayor Eric Adams
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has released a document outlining the next phase of the city's response to the unprecedented humanitarian crisis resulting from the surge of Caribbean and other asylum seekers arriving in the five boroughs since last year.
The number of asylum seekers arriving in the boroughs since last April has topped 50,000, with more than 30,000 still in the city's care.
Mayor Adams says he will create the Office of Asylum Seeker Operations to focus solely on coordinating the city's continued response with a focus on resettlement and legal services, as well as a new 24/7 arrival center for asylum seekers.
Many of the asylum seekers are from Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela.
The document titled "The Road Forward: Blueprint to Address New York City's Response to the Asylum Seeker Crisis," also outlines new strategies the city will pilot to train asylum seekers for employment.
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