Mayor Eric Adams announces a series of measures that seek to coordinate efforts to help new immigrants arriving in the city.
In a press conference on Tuesday, the mayor said that the Asylum Seeker Operations Office will be created to focus on the resettlement process, and legal services.
The plan also includes job training, connection to places of worship, and information about city services while they wait for work authorization.
A new arrival center for asylum seekers will also be created that will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Finally, the City will continue to advocate for additional financial and operational support from the state and federal governments to better manage the crisis.
Last week, the city revealed that it spends $5 million a day to help newly arrived migrants.
Since April of last year, the city has received more than 50,000 asylum seekers.
Currently, New York is run by about 30,000.
