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Mexico’s president condemns Greg Abbott’s ‘offensive’ migrant busing

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rebukes Republican governors relying on immigration for ‘political, electoral purposes’

The Independent UK

Stefan Bondy: Obi Toppin’s dunks are worth more than just two points

INDIANAPOLIS — There are different schools of thought, often divided by generations. Showmanship or showboating? Insulting or fun? Exhilarating or reckless?

Tribune News Service

NYC homeless shelter population hits all-time high amid cascading migrant crisis

NEW YORK — The city’s homeless shelter population has hit an all-time high as hundreds of Latin American migrants continue to pour into New York every week as part of a crisis that’s driving the local social safety net to the brink of collapse.

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NYC rat sightings up 71% from same point in 2020 despite mitigation efforts

NEW YORK — New York City rat sighting rates have reached the stRATosphere.

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Mayor Adams signs bills formalizing NYC’s Times Square as ‘gun-free zone’ despite court setback

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams signed a couple of bills into law Tuesday formalizing Times Square as a “gun-free zone” — even as the designation remains in legal limbo due to a recent ruling from a federal judge in upstate New York.

Tribune News Service

Nearly 2,000 migrants arrived in NYC over weekend as shelter crisis shows no sign of abating

NEW YORK — At least 1,800 Latin American asylum-seekers arrived in the city over the weekend, signaling that the migrant wave is accelerating even as Mayor Eric Adams’ administration scrambles to shelter thousands of desperate travelers already in New York.

Tribune News Service

NYC mayor declares emergency over migrant buses from Texas

Mayor Eric Adams says 17,000 asylum seekers have been bused into New York City since April, straining resources.

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Mayor declares state of emergency for NYC over migrants

New York City’s mayor has declared a state of emergency over the thousands of migrants being sent from southern border states

The Independent UK

New York City mayor declares state of emergency over migrant buses

Eric Adams says he expects to spend at least $1bn by end of fiscal year on crisis as Texas governor continues to send migrants

The Guardian - US

Mayor Adams declares state of emergency over NYC migrant crisis, pleas for help from feds, state

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency Friday over the city’s migrant crisis and pleaded for financial and legislative assistance from the federal government and state lawmakers.

Tribune News Service

NYC mayor declares state of emergency amid migrant busing crisis

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency on Friday in response to thousands of migrants bused to the city in recent months from the U.S. southern border in a political dispute over border security.

Reuters

New York City mayor declares state of emergency over busing of migrants from Texas

Mayor Eric Adams said the city needs emergency funding to provide shelter to migrants and other people without housing. He also asked El Paso to stop sending migrants there.

The Texas Tribune

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declares emergency over migrant buses

The city expects to spend $1 billion to help the asylum seekers by the end of the fiscal year, Adams said.

Axios

Democrat-led Texas city steps up migrant busing to New York, outpacing Republican effort

The Democrat-led border city of El Paso, Texas, has sent more migrants on buses to New York City and Chicago than a campaign by Texas' Republican governor, a twist in an ongoing partisan battle over U.S. border security.

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The Independent UK

Fears of ‘operational and moral failure’ at New York’s migrant tent city

An emergency shelter will house hundreds of people seeking asylum, including people bused north by Greg Abbott. One site flooded, the contractor built Trump’s border wall, and rights groups warn the plan runs afoul of a right-to-shelter mandate while city shelters are overwhelmed, Alex Woodward reports

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledges New York City mayor’s office reached out about migrant busing efforts

Abbott previously said Eric Adams’ office had not reached out to him about coordinating migrant arrivals in New York City and faced criticism that he was rebuffing efforts from the mayor to communicate.

The Independent UK

After storms, NYC moving location of planned migrant shelter

A facility to temporarily house migrants being sent to New York City will now be located closer to Manhattan instead of a remote corner of the Bronx

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke accused each other of misinforming Texans during their debate. Here are the facts.

O’Rourke and Abbott accused each other of bending the truth during the only planned gubernatorial debate on Friday. Many of their claims needed context and clarification.

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Tribune News Service

Fact-checking the Texas governor debate between Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke

WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke clashed over a range of topics Friday night in their sole debate, not always with the facts on their side.

The Guardian - US

New Yorkers welcome asylum seekers sent on ‘uncomfortable’ ride from Republican states

In midtown Manhattan, volunteers receive families bussed from the south amid simmering political and legal rows

The Independent UK

Why Eric Adams is building a migrant ‘tent city’ in The Bronx

Thousands of people seeking asylum have recently arrived in New York City, where an overburdened shelter system is strained by compounding crises. The mayor’s latest plan worries advocates who fear it could violate right-to-shelter mandate, Alex Woodward reports

Tribune News Service

NYC mayor blasts Kansas, saying it ‘doesn’t have a brand.’ The Sunflower State disagrees

Who needs the coasts when you can live in the heart of America?

The Guardian - UK

New York nodded off during Covid, now it’s struggling to wake up again

The city’s bounce-back from the pandemic hasn’t been helped by a shortage of staff and fewer people looking to party

Tribune News Service

Mayor Adams likely to beef up police presence as plans for migrant tent camps in Bronx move ahead, official says

NEW YORK — Out of public safety concerns, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is likely to surge more cops into the Bronx neighborhood where it plans to soon start housing hundreds of Latin American migrants in tent camps, according to the local Council member.

Axios

Where GOP governors are transporting migrants

A look at when GOP governors have transported migrants since the spring — and how those U.S. cities are responding.

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