A small group of anti-police progressives have “hijacked” the Democratic Party and their ranks include City Council members who are trying to push the chamber further to the left on public safety issues, Mayor Adams claimed Thursday.
Adam's assessment of the right-to-shelter question when it comes to migrants is perhaps his clearest public statement on the matter to date and it comes as the city continues its struggle to accommodate more than 41,000 migrants who’ve flooded into the five boroughs since last spring.
Adams was responding to criticisms over his announcement Saturday to use the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to house 1,000 single men relocated from another relief center along with newly arrived asylum seekers.
The financing, which will come out of the city’s newly created Small Business Opportunity Fund, will be floated through $50 million from Goldman Sachs and $25 million in taxpayer revenue.The city estimates that approximately 1,500 local businesses will receive loans at a 4% interest rate through the fund.
The current number of migrants under city care is at nearly 28,000 in the the city’s four Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, the mayor said, adding the new Brooklyn operation will open soon.