Adams About Face

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It was a no-brainer and guess who made the original decision to house them on Orchard Beach, The Bronx, and then a reversal?

The Orchard Beach site was intended to serve over 1K male migrants after Republican Governors in border states began busing migrants north in a POTUS protest of immigration policies. Did the NYC Mayor do it to save face?

City relocating Orchard Beach migrant relief center to Randall's Island, Mayor Adams says https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/city-relocating-orchard-beach-migr…

@AOC rips Mayor Adams’ migrant tents in her district: ‘We can get to a place with a better solution https://www.aol.com/aoc-rips-mayor-adams-migrant-221951069.html?soc_src…

NYC will move migrant tent camp to Randalls Island after flooding at...

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-migrant-tent-moving-orchard-beach-randalls-island-20221004-m6akpkyq6farplvnbtu56ktdmu-story.html

Migrant relief center relocating to Randall's Island after concerns from Orchard Beach residents https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/migrant-relief-center-relocating-t…

NYC will relocate migrant relief center amid backlash

https://news.yahoo.com/nyc-relocate-migrant-relief-center-111412431.htm…

Bronx officials were left flummoxed by the Orchard Beach debacle. Elected reps from the borough that’s home to the original parking lot site for an asylum-seeker tent shelter expressed confusion and relief.

https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/10/bronx-officials-left-flum…

Some City Island residents told #CityImages they have serious concerns about the tent city to house these folks.  

https://cimages.me/content/our-back-yard