Controversy Erupts Over Adams's Plan to Bus Migrants Upstate

New York City Mayor Eric Adams's plan to pay for shelter at two suburban locations outside the five boroughs for about 300 asylum seekers has been met with strong opposition from officials in Rockland and Orange Counties. Rockland County executive, Ed Day, declared a state of emergency to prevent the transfer of migrants, and vowed to issue fines to any hotel that accepts asylum seekers from the program. The move marks one of the first challenges to Mayor Adams's decompression strategy to ease the burden of housing the city's growing number of asylum seekers.