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Podcast: The Hell Gate Podcast
Episode: Why Does Eric Adams Think Migrants Are âDestroyingâ New York?
Description: Last spring, the Adams administration began talking about the arrival of migrants into the Cityâs shelter systemâand promised that New York would step up where other cities wouldnât. But more recently, the mayor has started busing asylum seekers upstate, claiming that the migrant influx has âdestroyedâ the city and will cause deep cuts to its social services. How has migration, which has been at the core of NYCâs identity for so long, become a headline issue, and why has the Adams administration taken such a dramatic turn? Felipe De La Hoz and Gaby Del Valle, who write the immi...