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In addition to ordering agency heads to identify properties that could be used for housing migrants, the directive from Mayor Adams' chief of staff urges them to check if they have any employees who’d be willing to help staff the new facilities.
The latest influx suggests the migrant wave is accelerating even as Mayor Adams’ administration scrambles to shelter tens of thousands of desperate travelers already in New York.
Councilwoman Marjorie Velazquez (D-Bronx), whose district includes the Orchard Beach parking lots where the tents will be erected, told the Daily News she asked Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Phil Banks’ team in a Thursday phone call to increase the officer headcount at nearby precincts in anticipation of the tents going up.
Mayor Adams and members of the City Council have begun to aggressively pressure the federal government to process asylum seekers’ work papers more quickly, as the Texas busing program stretches New York’s social safety net to its limit.