NYC to start handing out flyers at the Southern border

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Mayor Adams’ administration announced Wednesday that it plans to disseminate new flyers at the U.S. southern border discouraging migrants from coming to New York City — but the leaflets contain misleading information on what services would be available to them in the Big Apple.

The flyers, which Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom showcased during a briefing at City Hall, inform migrants that the city “cannot help you obtain a work permit.”

Despite that message, Adams’ administration is ramping up efforts to help newly-arrived migrants file claims for asylum and work permits, including by operating a help center staffed with attorneys who assist in the application process. At the briefing, Dr. Ted Long, a top official in the city’s public hospital system, said the administration is actually in the midst of surveying the entire migrant population in the city’s shelter system to gauge work permit eligibility.

The flyers also warn migrants “will not be placed in a hotel” if they travel to the city despite the fact migrants continue to be housed across dozens of hotels in the city rented up to accommodate the new arrivals.

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