The NYC mayor is hamstrung by a probe into his campaign as he seeks more federal help on migrants.
Eric Adams scrapped high-level meetings in Washington on Thursday about migrant aid to rush home after a federal raid of his chief fundraiser’s Brooklyn home. | Hans Pennink/APthreatens to overshadow the challenge he spent much of the year confronting: a surge of more than 120,000 migrants that has overwhelmed city resources. The new campaign finance scandal leaves Adams hamstrung as he lobbies Washington and Albany for more help with the migrants.
Kathy Hochul said Eric Adams has not been distracted by the scandal around his campaign fundraising. | Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office “He has been laser-focused on this,” she said, adding: “We have a lot of work to do, so I have full confidence that he will not be distracted.”In Washington, White House and congressional leaders preparing to see Adams as part of the mayors’ coalition learned at the last minute Thursday that he wasn’t coming, several told POLITICO. Adams’ team gave them no explanation.“The mayor has sent mixed messages,” Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, said in an interview.
The Adams administration is taking in so many newcomers that it has begun imposing 30- and 60-day limits on shelter stays. It’s also directing migrants to a reticketing office devoted to booking them
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