Eric Adams announces more shelter closures in New York

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New York Mayor Eric Adams took a victory lap touting his administration’s management with an announcement that the city has closed 25 migrant shelters on his watch.

In a statement from the mayor’s office, it was announced that 25 migrant shelters would be closing, citing “successful asylum seeker management strategies.” One of the shelters closing is perhaps the most controversial — the shelter set up in Floyd Bennett Field, a park and onetime airfield that is located in parts of New York City and New Jersey.

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