During an appearance onĀ Face The Nation over the weekend, New York City Mayor Eric Adams pitched the idea of having the federal government direct migrants to more New York State counties and more places all over the country to relieve an over-burdened NYC.
āWe have 108,000 cities, villages, towns,ā Adams said. āIf everyone takes a small portion of that, and if itās coordinated at the border, to ensure that those who are coming here to this country in a lawful manner is actually moved throughout the entire country, it is not a burden on one city.ā
Adams says NYC has taken in more than 70,000 migrants ā and cares for approximately 42,000.
The Big Apple mayor attempted to bus migrants out of the city to Rockland County as part of his “decompression strategy” but was quickly sued county leaders.
āThis is a home rule state and New York City does not have the authority over this County or Town to volunteer us for placement, especially when we are telling them we do not have the infrastructure to help,ā Rockland County Executive Ed Day said.
When asked by host Margaret Brennan about this practice, Adams said āthe entire state should participate in a decompression strategy, and itās unfortunate that there has- there have been some lawmakers and counties that are not carrying on their role of ensuring that this is a decompression strategy throughout the state.ā
Watch the clip above.