Eric Adams: “At one high point, we were getting 8,000, 4,000 a week.”

“I met the first bus and we got a lot of criticism. For those that didn't understand the complexity of these issues, we were attacked. But we had 237,000 migrants and asylum seekers. At one high point, we were getting 8,000, 4,000 a week. Just think about that number. We had to feed house and clothes. The Biden administration betrayed this city. And I said it then, and I'll say it again, we should have secured our board.” (07:42–07:48)

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