NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams addressed concerns Tuesday that the city is pawning off its migrant crisis on Canada, saying that the city has no “recruitment campaign” in place to redirect people north of the border.
“There’s no coordinated effort. We don’t have a website. We don’t have a recruitment campaign,” he said. “We’re not telling people: Go to another country.”
A day earlier, after spending a night at a migrant relief center in Brooklyn, Adams acknowledged that some asylum seekers have expressed a desire to go to other parts of the U.S. and to Canada and that the city is aiding in the “reticketing process.” He fielded several questions Tuesday about the city’s approach and contended his administration is not pushing migrants to leave the city.
