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carley: lauren from fox business is here. good morning, happy friday. a white house representative met with mayor eric adams for half an hour, no word if they discussed the cost of the crisis. $12 billion over two years is the cost. they did discuss where to house the migrants and how to get them work papers. the courts are backlogged and it will likely take longer than normal as the tab is running up. new york compassion may be limitless, but our resources are not and our partners at the state and local level know this. allocating resources, thatten moos you lose, lose while most vulnerable new yorkers, as well as those seeking asylum.
who arrived here during the past year, he said. they created more than 200 emergency shelters, they are trying to house as many people as possible, provide food. other accommodations. get the kids in school and so forth. but he is calling for more help from the federal government and from the state government. here s some of what mayor adams just said. take a listen. new york s compassion may be limitless, but our resources are not. and our partners at the state and federal levels know this. we continue to face impossible decisions about allocating our resources. and that means a lose-lose, while most vulnerable new yorkers as well as those seeking asylum. reporter: one thing the city plans to do is to build a massive shelter out in a place called randalls island that can accommodate as many as 2,000 asylum seekers. that s going to take several weeks, however. they re still trying to find