Da Mayor of the US Financial Center(NYC) has more than a few problems on his very large plate. Most recently, he's had to focus on migrants being bused to his city and dropped off. He must now provide a variety of assistance to these new arrivals. In an opinion article in the NYT, Linda Gibbs wrote of current conditions in the city regarding the homeless. Ms. Gibbs was the Homeless Commissioner under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg. She writes confidently from a position of experience(s) as director of policy in NYC a few years ago. She is able to identify certain numbers that are not obvious. In today's situation in NYC, about 40,000 individuals are in need of immediate housing. Of that number, 20,000 are asylum seekers, bused to NYC and thrown into the mix. Mayor Adams' hands are tied by the courts which have taken over the policies and programs available to all in need. The results, according to Ms. Gibbs, limit the options available to the Mayor.
So, we have the Federal government reasserting its control over immigration and immigrants. However, when on US soil, those same immigrants are dispersed widely and where ever they end up, then locals must provide all services. Hmmmmm. And why is this so? Can anybody answer this question with certainty? Apparently, this situation/process is bureaucracy-bound: rules set by the courts leave little room for innovation, correction, or improvement. Until this legal binding is changed, the asylum seekers will flounder under archaic rules that offend not only the seekers, but also the providers. A sad situation, indeed.
Can we offer any hope to Mayor Adams? Hardly. When we look at NYC today, one can only shake one's head, sadly accepting a quagmire of the court's doing.
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