Interviews with scholars and a Gothamist review of immigration data dating from the 19th century to the present shows that the current influx is not unusual.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Both Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul have described the influx of migrants and asylum seekers into New York City as unprecedented.
But is the more than 100,000 migrants who have entered the city’s care since last year actually unprecedented? Back then, neighborhoods like the Lower East Side were overburdened by an influx of migrants due to a lack of space, with more than 700 people per acre, according to the Library of Congress. Today, census data shows the neighborhood has about 136 people per acre.
Representatives from City hall and the governor’s office emphasized that today’s migrants benefit from a legal right to shelter, unlike previous surges of immigrants. There are currently more than 58,000 migrants in the city’s care, according to the Adams administration.surrounding the right to shelter, saying the city can’t meet the law’s obligations.against the new arrivals – as have happened in Staten Island, Queens and outside Gracie Mansion – are also nothing new.
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