On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams rightly blasted these on the far left for his or her “inaction” and “silence” on fixing the impression of the border disaster on New York Metropolis. However his response to the each day inflow has largely been incoherent, to say the least.
Metropolis Corridor appears to be spitballing concepts for housing the migrants: midtown lodges, cruise ships, a tent metropolis — oops, a unique tent metropolis. However one factor it received’t embrace is asking on the White Home to safe the border and finish the “asylum seeker” farce: Overwhelmingly, these people simply need to minimize the legal-immigration line.
Sorry, Mr. Mayor: Urgent the White Home to launch FEMA funding to cowl migrant companies isn’t management — and border areas want the assistance excess of New York does.
Sure, progressives are worse than ineffective. Witness the Metropolis Council Democrats who on Friday accused Adams of “exploiting” the migrant disaster along with his Orchard Seashore tent metropolis. Moving the camp to Randall’s Island received’t fulfill them, nor will utilizing cruise ships moored at Staten Island’s Homeport.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is not any assist, both, merely providing to activate 100 National Guard reservists to assist Adams function the migrant camp. How a few quiet name of your personal to the White Home, gov? This mess received’t assist you come Election Day, you realize.
We all know, we all know: Any trace of something past welcoming open arms to unlawful migrants — heck, something lower than not less than mouthing assist for wide-open US borders — has change into anathema to fashionable liberals.
However the mayor’s already principally gotten himself excommunicated by telling the reality on crime. Beginning to converse up for frequent sense on this disaster would possibly assist him out greater than enjoying together with the “silence” crowd.
