Families With Kids Are 70% Of Migrants In NYC's Care: Data

NEW YORK CITY — Nearly 41,000 of asylum seekers recently in New York City's care are families with children, according to data that illustrates who'd bear the brunt of any failings in Mayor Eric Adams' response to the migrant crisis.

City officials spent much of Wednesday defending that response from criticisms in a searing letter, first reported in the New York Times, from a lawyer representing Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The letter argued Adams and city officials failed to act quickly in response to state offers for help or otherwise failed to meaningful communicate on matters ranging from securing much-needed funding to using state-owned properties as migrant shelters.

"(The) City can and should do more to act in a proactive and collaborative manner with the State," the letter states.

The stark criticisms represented a major public breach in the typically united front between Adams and Hochul over the asylum seeker crisis.

Adams acknowledged the criticisms in the letter Wednesday, but downplayed any suggestion of a rift.

"We are really pleased with the relationship we have with this governor," he said.

Amid the letter brouhaha, city officials highlighted that New York City recently surpassed 100,000 asylum seekers that have arrived since the crisis began last year.

Data from a City Council report, first highlighted by City Limits reporter Emma Whitford, gives a broad strokes portrait of those asylum seekers.

Families with children accounted for roughly 70 percent of nearly 57,000 asylum seekers in the city's care at the end of July, the data shows.