Eric Adams

with the president and I said, Mr. President, I'm not sure what they're telling you about this problem, but this is a terrible problem that's playing out on the ground that we need to fix our border and we need to just stop allowing people to come into the country with no destiny. We don't know what we're doing with them.

And there was some that were coming here that were almost six months to a year, in some cases, two years without any work authorization. Like, what do you do with someone that cannot provide for themselves for that long period of time? Well, what do you do? We have to house them. We have to feed, clothes, house, educate 40,000 children, hold them into a shelter system.

And there was some that were coming here that were almost six months to a year, in some cases, two years without any work authorization. Like, what do you do with someone that cannot provide for themselves for that long period of time? Well, what do you do? We have to house them. We have to feed, clothes, house, educate 40,000 children, hold them into a shelter system.

And there was some that were coming here that were almost six months to a year, in some cases, two years without any work authorization. Like, what do you do with someone that cannot provide for themselves for that long period of time? Well, what do you do? We have to house them. We have to feed, clothes, house, educate 40,000 children, hold them into a shelter system.

The complete package of what you would do for an adult that can't take care of themselves.

The complete package of what you would do for an adult that can't take care of themselves.

The complete package of what you would do for an adult that can't take care of themselves.

Basically, be a good Democrat, Eric. Be a good Democrat? That was the basic overall theme. You know, one of his aides told me that, listen, this is like a Goldstone. It'll pass.

Basically, be a good Democrat, Eric. Be a good Democrat? That was the basic overall theme. You know, one of his aides told me that, listen, this is like a Goldstone. It'll pass.

Basically, be a good Democrat, Eric. Be a good Democrat? That was the basic overall theme. You know, one of his aides told me that, listen, this is like a Goldstone. It'll pass.

Yes. It'll hurt now, but it'll pass.

Yes. It'll hurt now, but it'll pass.

Yes. It'll hurt now, but it'll pass.

Right. Why do you have to? Well said. And what many people didn't understand, because people believe that, okay, you're down 170,000, we were able to cycle out of our care. We still have about 52,000 that are in our care. And they say, well, okay... you know, the damage is behind you. That is not true.

Right. Why do you have to? Well said. And what many people didn't understand, because people believe that, okay, you're down 170,000, we were able to cycle out of our care. We still have about 52,000 that are in our care. And they say, well, okay... you know, the damage is behind you. That is not true.

Right. Why do you have to? Well said. And what many people didn't understand, because people believe that, okay, you're down 170,000, we were able to cycle out of our care. We still have about 52,000 that are in our care. And they say, well, okay... you know, the damage is behind you. That is not true.

We took $6.5 billion out of paying for chronically absent students we could have paid $200 million for. We could have paid for housing, older adults. The long-term impact of what's happening to New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Houston, the long-term impact has yet to materialize of what this crisis has done to our cities.

We took $6.5 billion out of paying for chronically absent students we could have paid $200 million for. We could have paid for housing, older adults. The long-term impact of what's happening to New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Houston, the long-term impact has yet to materialize of what this crisis has done to our cities.

We took $6.5 billion out of paying for chronically absent students we could have paid $200 million for. We could have paid for housing, older adults. The long-term impact of what's happening to New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Houston, the long-term impact has yet to materialize of what this crisis has done to our cities.

It's a combination of things. We're facing, after COVID, we're dealing with a severe mental health issue just throughout the entire country. But specifically here in New York, we have a substantial number of chronically absent young people who were just traumatized from COVID and other things. And they just stopped coming to school.