NYC Mayor evicting homeless: gives them 60 days to leave shelters

Single adults living in New York City's emergency shelters for migrants will have an emergency of their own handed to them by Democratic Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday. He is giving homeless men and women two months to pack up their stuff and leave.

“We have reached full capacity,” Adams said during a news conference at City Hall. “We have no more room in the city.” He has no plans of providing space for any of them to pitch tents on the grounds of Gracie Mansion, where mayors live while in office, which is not surprising since Democrats have welcomed illegal aliens into the country in droves, as long as they don't live near them.

Adams declared that the city will start handing 60-day removal notices to men and women staying in a network of emergency shelters established over the last year to house newly arrived migrants to make room for families with children. 

'Hizzoner' said the city will “re-intensify” case management social services to help illegal aliens connect with friends, families and cartels, or find other housing options in an extremely tight rental market

Migrant adults will be entitled to reapply for shelter at an arrival center if they cannot find other accommodations such as empty tents along the streets, but could be locked out of shelter if the city determines there is no space available. Adams suggested people could wait at those centers until a bed is fumigated and opens up.

Summer camp

Current estimates state that more than 54,000 newly arrived illegal aliens are staying in city shelters or emergency housing and over 100,000 are sleeping in city shelters on any given night as the city's rent soars to record heights and limited housing along with increased evictions make matters worse.

It seems as if the Democrat-run city is getting what it asked for, but only for other places, not for themselves. Funny how politicians are never affected by the laws they make.

Adams once again is asking for federal assistance [aka taxpayer money] to house the hordes of recently arrived illegal aliens in need of our money and housing. We cannot expect them to afford affordable housing because they spent whatever they had to pay the Mexican drug cartels to get here.

“We have run out of ideas,” Adams said. By "we" he meant that he did, or at least he refuses to see the graffiti on the wall: close the borders and do what Sweden and the Netherlands have begun to done by deporting those who came to those countries illegally. It's called sovereignty.

“Every day this team is figuring out where do we put the next body,” Adams said coldly, referring to human beings who came here simply looking for  free medical and dental, free housing, and respect. Of course, some have come to do damage, but we don't talk about those miscreants.

During the press briefing, Adams and top administration officials presented cheesy flyers they intend to send to the border to discourage migrants from coming to New York City.

The documents include information like “housing in NYC is very expensive" and “there is no guarantee we will be able to provide shelter and services to new arrivals,” but images of rats or roaches will not be included in the handout.

Adams said the city is “going to partner with our teams down at the border to help with the dissemination of flyers."

“We have teams down at the border who are going to assist us in the distribution of flyers,” he added.

Adams said he does not think kicking people out of shelters will lead to a rise in the number of people staying in public spaces, but he probably failed math and logic.

At a court appearance on Wednesday, city attorneys will face off with lawyers from the Legal Aid Society, and former Department of Social Services Commissioner Steve Banks, who are defending the decades-old, court-mandated right-to-shelter rules.

Adams’ strategy ignited immediate backlash from several local lawmakers, as well as immigration and housing advocates. They said finding housing in less than 60 days is a ludicrous task for many low-income residents.

"I think this is inhumane. It's poverty-shaming. it's victim-shaming,” said City Council-member Diana Ayala, head of the general welfare committee. “I don't know why they think folks want to live there [in shelters] if they had alternative arrangements."

A spokesperson for City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams [no relation] said the Council is reviewing Mayor Adams' plan, which is being met with resistance by the Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless.

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