Another county in New York has won a restraining order against New York City from sending migrants across their border. Since May 11, 186 migrants have arrived in Newburgh, a town in Orange County about an hour north of Manhattan.
The new order from a state Supreme Court judge allows those migrants to stay in the county, but temporarily blocks New York City from sending any more migrants.
The order also requires the city to provide information on the 186 migrants sent to Newburgh. According to Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus, that is triple the number of migrants New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he was sending.
Neuhaus also says the city tried to send seven additional busloads of migrants to Orange County before the judge’s ruling, while the case was still under review. New York City has until June 2 to respond if it wants to appeal the ruling.
Democratic Mayor Adams announced in March that he is still committed to helping asylum-seekers. But more recently, he said the city is quickly running out of options as the continued daily arrivals threaten to overwhelm the city’s already struggling social service systems.
According to the New York Post, the city is now relying on some 150 emergency shelters and relief centers to handle the migrants coming in.
Adams is also facing backlash from parents as they are discovering that school gyms are being prepared for migrants. Adams confirms the city is looking at 20 school gyms to house migrants, but he is calling it a “last resort.”
