A “Community Conversation” with NYC Eric Mayor Adams

Chaos in Manhattan

From Mayor Adams:

We turned this city around in 20 months.

Gov. Abbott Forces the Issue

And then what happened? Started with a madman down in Texas, decided he wanted to bus people up to New York City—110,000 migrants. . . .

And let me tell you something, New Yorkers, never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to. I don’t see an ending to this. I don’t see an ending to this. This issue will destroy New York City. Destroy New York City.

We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month. One time we were just getting Venezuela. Now we’re getting Ecuador. Now we’re getting Russian-speaking coming through Mexico. We’ve got Western Africa. Now we’re getting people from all over the globe have made their minds up that they’re going to come through the southern part of the border and come into New York City.

And everyone is saying it’s New York City’s problem. Every community in this city is going to be impacted. We have a $12 billion deficit that we’re going to have to cut.

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams issues one of the most dire and dramatic warnings yet on how illegals swarming the city “will destroy New York City”:

“We’re getting no support on this national crisis. And let me tell you something New Yorkers, never in my life have I had a problem that I… pic.twitter.com/LkAJdTknXr

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 7, 2023