New York City’s Adams considering 'tent cities' for immigrants

(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is considering handing our tents to migrants as the city continues to grapple with the influx of tens of thousands of asylum-seekers.

The proposal, initially reported by the Wall Street Journal, calls for setting up campsite-style shelters in public parks for newly arriving migrants amid a shortage of beds in the Big Apple's emergency shelter system.

New York City has seen an estimated 130,000 migrants arrive in the city since April 2022 — with about 65,000 currently in the city’s...