How Cruise Ships for Migrants Could Actually Work in NYC
In the city where the Statue of Liberty once welcomed shiploads of immigrants, Mayor Eric Adams has suggested using empty ocean liners to shelter the modern day homeless, the tempest-tossed refugees who arrive by bus.
Adams raised the possibility back in September and again this week as one way for the city to cope with an influx of migrants from the southern border that is straining the city’s ability to meet its legal obligation to shelter all who come there.
“We're going to continue to do our moral and legal obligation. Whoever comes to the city, you're not seeing individuals sleeping on the streets with families because we're continuing to pivot and shift as needed,” he said in an interview with Politico. “And if it means using cruise ships, if it means I'm finding space on state land… we're going to continue to pivot and shift to address the influx of migrants and asylum seekers that we're seeing. Nothing is left off the table.”