Hochul administration held off opening of NYC migrant shelter in lead-up to Roosevelt encampment

Governor Hochul’s administration dragged its feet for months on green-lighting a large-scale migrant housing facility in Queens, delaying its opening at a time dozens of asylum seekers resorted to sleeping on a Manhattan sidewalk because of a lack of city shelter space, according to a new court filing from Mayor Adams’ office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices