WHERE THE RAIN IS FALLING AROUND
THE CITY.
>>> AND NOW TO MORE BREAKING
NEWS. MAYOR ADAMS HAS FILED A LAWSUIT
AGAINST 17 TEXAS CHARTER BUS
COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN
DROPPING OF MIGRANTS HERE IN THE CITY WITHOUT ANY ADVANCED NOTICE
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF.
>> MELISSA RUSSO JOINING US WITH
THE LATEST FROM THIS.
>> MARY ERIC ADAMS’ LAWSUIT
SEEKS MORE THAN HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS FROM THOSE CHARTER BUS
COMPANIES TO COVER THE COSTS FOR MIGRANTS HE SAYS HE DROPPED OFF
HERE AS PART OF AN INTENTIONAL
SCHEME TO CREATE CHAOS AND OVERWHELM NEW YORK CITY’S
SERVICES.
>> Reporter: FOR ALMOST TWO
YEARS NOW, THE BUSES HAVE
ARRIVED WITH LITTLE OR NO
WARNING MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR
CITY OFFICIALS TO PLAN.
>> AND SO THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE SENT PEOPLE AWAY THAT WERE
SEEKING REFUGE.
>> Reporter: NOW MAYOR ERIC
ADAMS SUGGESTS THE BUS COMPANIES
WERE BREAKING A NEW YORK STATE
LAW THAT SAYS ANYONE WHO
KNOWINGLY BRINGS A NEEDY PERSON
INTO THE STATE SPECIFICALLY TO
MAKE THEM A PUBLIC CHARGE HAS TO
REMOVE THEM OR PAY THE COST.
THIS WEEK, THE BUS COMPANIES
STARTED AVOIDING THE CITY AND
DROPPING MIGRANTS IN NEW JERSEY
INSTEAD TO AVOID NEW PENALTIES
THREATENED BY MAYOR ADAMS.
>> WE’RE NOT GOING TO LET
REPUBLICANS MAKE THESE INDIVIDUALS POLITICAL PAWNS.
>> Reporter: GOVERNOR KATHY
HOCHUL TODAY SAID THE TEXAS
GOVERNOR HAS USED MIGRANTS AS
PAWNS.
SHE ALSO SAID THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SHOULD STOP THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS ACROSS OUR
BORDER, AND SHE URGED NEW JERSEY
TOWNS TO ADOPT THEIR OWN
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, RESTRICTING
CHARTER BUS DROPOFFS ON THEIR
TURF.
>> YOU CAN’T STOP THE FLOW OF
INDIVIDUALS ONCE THEY’RE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
YOU CAN’T.
SO IF THEY SAY THEIR DESTINATION
IS NEW YORK CITY, THEY CANNOT BE HELD IN NEW JERSEY.
MY VIEW IS THEY SAY THEY WANT TO
GO TO NEW YORK CITY BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT TO SHELTER.
>> Reporter: BUT AS THOUSANDS OF
MIGRANTS HEAD INTO THE CITY, NEW
YORK OFFICIALS ARE ALSO
PRESSURING MIGRANTS TO HEAD OUT.
HUNDREDS WAITED TODAY ON A LONG
LINE OUTSIDE THE CITY’S
RETICKETING CENTER WHICH OFFERS
THE MIGRANTS A ONE-WAY TICKET
ANYWHERE ELSE. AND AS FOR THOSE BUS COMPANIES
NAMED IN TODAY’S LAWSUIT FROM
THE CITY, WE’VE REACHED OUT TO
MANY OF THE COMPANIES FOR A RESPONSE.