I don't know, y'all. This time it feels like NYC Mayor Eric Adams is trying to make a point about immigration in NYC.
Because this feels like an intentionally stupid move.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced Wednesday that the city plans to shut down the sprawling Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center located on Randall's Island, which, at its peak, was able to house 3,000 immigrants.
The tent shelter, which is slated to close down at the end of February, and the surrounding area have become a hotbed for violence since it opened last August ...
And where are these violent migrants going?
Well, I think you're going to want to put off your NYC vacation for a little while longer.
However, a New York Post report also released on Wednesday revealed that the city's Department of Homeless Services is seeking a massive 14,000-room hotel contract with properties around the city.
The news outlet noted that roughly 150 New York City hotels are already providing rooms to immigrants. The cost of those accommodations combined with spending on immigrant services over a three-year period is estimated to reach $5.76 billion for local taxpayers.
The city's current three contracts with the New York City Hotel Association cost taxpayers $352 per night per room.
Adams is simultaneously bragging about "shutting down" these migrant camps because he's fixing the issue AND he's expanding a program for the "unhoused" meaning migrants and homeless people are moving into even more hotels around the city.
For $325 per room per night. Nearly $6 billion on housing homeless and migrants in hotels for three years.
Insane.
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