Outcry as New York mayor says shelter mandate should exclude migrants

Eric Adams made unconscionable' remarks before flooding, saying shelter beds for those in need should not go to migrants

Severe, widespread flooding in New York City on Friday prompted outcry from advocates of migrants and the unhoused, whose living conditions left them vulnerable in the face of the extreme weather.

The inundation - which has left huge swaths of the city swamped, closed roads and rendered several subway lines inoperable - came a day after the city's mayor, Eric Adams, said he believed migrants should be excluded from New York's right-to-shelter mandate. The mandate requires the city to provide shelter beds to anyone in need of them.