Can New York City shut its door on migrants?

Off Topic/On Politics

With thousands of migrants arriving in the city every week, Mayor Eric Adams this week announced the opening of a large new relief center in the parking lot of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village. There has been resistance to the announcement from Queens officials. NY1 political reporter Bobby Cuza, education reporter Jillian Jorgensen and political director Bob Hardt discuss the new site. They also talk about the hiring of Lisa Zornberg, who will serve as the mayor’s new chief counsel and be on the front lines in any legal battle over the migrants.

After that, a fight is brewing over New York’s congressional lines. A group of Republicans is filing an appeal after a judge ruled that the state’s congressional lines must be redrawn by a redistricting commission. The fight could ultimately play a major role in next year’s fight over the control of the U.S. House of Representatives. The “Off Topic/On Politics“ team gets at the heart of a complicated legal showdown.

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Migrant relief center to open outside Queens psychiatric center

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