New York state is examining whether Gov. Kathy Hochul can overrule emergency orders in counties that want to bar New York City from sending migrants into their communities.
to bar local hotels and short-term rentals from accepting migrants sent from New York City.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday her administration is examining the “constitutionality” of local orders barring migrants at hotels and short-term rentals.About 37,000 migrants are currently being housed in facilities run or funded by the city, with more than 61,000 migrants total having passed through the city in recent months.
on Tuesday to deploy 500 more members of the National Guard while speeding up the delivery of $1 billion in new state aid to help the city.Mayor Eric Adams is seeking to send some migrants to two counties in the Hudson Valley as the city struggles with the mounting costs of the crisis.The number of counties resisting the arrival of migrants grew on Wednesday when upstate Oneida County, whereis located, joined the Hudson Valley counties on Wednesday in barring accommodations for migrants.
“I understand the city’s situation, but you know the same way they don’t have the capacity or the financial wherewithal to do it and neither do I,” he said.
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