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NYC Mayor Eric Adams admits DC migrant crisis meeting was fruitless: ‘Help is not on its way’

By
Craig McCarthy and
Katherine Donlevy
Published Dec. 8, 2023, 8:33 p.m. ET

Mayor Eric Adams threw up his hands Friday after his latest trip to Washington, DC to plead for federal aid to handle the migrant crisis — admitting “help is not on its way.”

The fed-up mayor had been invited to a last-minute sit down with Biden administration officials Thursday as he was already in the nation’s capital to attend a holiday party thrown by the federal Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

“I did not leave with optimism,” Hizzoner said Friday about his meeting.

“I left with the cold reality that help is not on the way in the immediate future. It is going to be, at this moment, it’s going to be up to New Yorkers and this administration to continue to navigate this challenge that we’re facing,” he told a gaggle of reporters at the end of an unrelated press conference.

Thursday marked the 10th time Hizzoner was in DC to seek help with the crush of asylum seekers that has overwhelmed New York City’s shelter system and led to unpopular budget cuts.

He had a meeting on the books with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, which he previously said he hoped would open up a “menu” of options by which the federal agency could assist the city, but didn’t make the specifics public.

Mayor Eric Adams (Democrat of New York, New York) walks through the Ohio Clock Corridor following his meeting with United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
Mayor Adams met with other New York leaders and Biden administration officials to plead for help with the migrant crisis. Annabelle Gordon – CNP

While in DC, Adams also connected with several other New York lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.

Those meetings similarly proved uneventful, sources told The Post.

“This could have been done in New York,” one source quipped.  

Volunteers from EV Loves NYC hand out warm food to migrants who have been in line for hours.
More than 150,000 migrants have come through NYC since the start of the crisis. Aristide Economopoulos

More than 150,000 migrants have come through the Big Apple since the start of the crisis, which is expected to cost $12 billion.

The feds, meanwhile, have carved out less than $150 million for New York City.

Approx. 30 migrants, mostly male boarded a NYC Transit Bus from the Roosevelt Hotel
Adams said he “did not leave with optimism” following his trip to Washington DC. Robert Miller

“We did not walk out from D.C. with any level of optimism that anything is going to drastically change. It is clear that for the time being, this crisis is going to be carried by the cities,” Adams added Friday.

The mayor, whose approval rating is tanking, pointed to the migrant crisis as the source of the Big Apple’s budget woes.

“We are at an untenable situation right now,” Adams said.