Migrants line the streets shoulder to shoulder, waiting to be processed. Photo: John Mincillo/AP
Control ropes separated migrants on the sidewalk from pedestrians, the footage shows a long line of people sleeping under thin blankets.
Some were barefoot, others had some kind of belongings.
Other groups were photographed sleeping in white New York City shuttle buses known as “dollar vans” outside the hotel.
“We all sleep outside” – Abderakhim Mahamat Saleh, 36, a married father of three from the Central African Republic, told the New York Post.
Mr Saleh said he left his family to flee militia after he was beaten and broke two ribs and collarbone.
>He said he hadn't been able to find a bunk anywhere since he arrived in New York eight days ago. He has been waiting near Roosevelt for two days now.
More than 100 hotels have contracts with New York to fill 10,000 rooms Photo: Rick Davis/Splash News
New York City has struggled to cope with an influx of more than 90,000 migrants from the US-Mexico border last year.
A recent influx brought back New York hotels after the pandemic. More than 100 hotels have signed contracts with the city for about 10,000 rooms.
But the city currently lacks space to accommodate people, Mr. Adams said.
The Democrat Mayor said he wants to “localize” the “madness” by restricting places where people sleep outdoors to certain parts city.
He added: “I can assure you that this city will not be like other cities where there are tents on every street.”
The city has already brought hundreds of asylum seekers to buses to other parts of the state, including the capital Albany.
The Legal Aid Society and the Homeless Coalition criticized the mayor's handling of the crisis.
Groups said allowing migrants to sleep outside was “heartbreaking and maddening.”
newcomers and forcing people to languish on local streets is cruel and contrary to a range of court rulings and local laws,” the groups said in a joint statement.
Mark Levine, Manhattan Borough President, recently spoke at a rally calling on US President Joe Biden to declare a state of emergency over the migration crisis. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock
Mr. Adams, for his part, has slammed the Biden administration's handling of the US border crisis, where daily illegal crossings hit a record 10,000 earlier this year.
Speaking Monday from City Hall, Mr. Adams said he was focusing on his impact on New York.
The mayor has repeatedly called for federal changes to give newcomers to New York the right to work .
Other Democratic lawmakers in the City also criticized Joe Biden, President of America, during a rally in City Hall Park on Monday.
Jenifer Rajkumar, Assemblyman from Queens, said: “ We need this crisis to be managed by the president.
“Immigration is controlled at the federal level. We need a president to inject smart solutions into our overburdened system.”
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