Migrant Surge 'Serious Problem,' 82% Of NY Voters Agree: Poll

NEW YORK CITY — The never-ending surge of migrants has thrust New Yorkers into a rare state of agreement: 82 percent of voters say it's a "serious problem," a new poll found.

Voters also broadly agreed, by a 58 percent to 36 percent margin, that New Yorkers have done enough for asylum seekers and should work to slow their flow, rather than accepting more and working to assimilate them into the state, according to the Siena College poll released Tuesday.

But the broad bipartisan consensus largely falls apart when it came to the long-term effects of asylum seekers on New York.

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"A plurality of Democrats says that migrants resettling in New York over the last two decades has been a benefit," said Steven Greenberg, pollster for Siena College, in a statement. "But, a majority of independents and two-thirds of Republicans say that migrant resettlement has been a burden to the state."

The poll comes as New York's leaders have increasingly started to point fingers at each other over the asylum seeker crisis.

A searing letter last week from lawyers representing Gov. Kathy Hochul faulted Mayor Eric Adams' response to the influx as slow-footed and uncommunicative.

Adams brushed off the criticisms and focused on broader agreements between city and state officials. He has also harshly criticized President Joe Biden's administration for, in his telling, leaving New York City alone to deal with the crisis.

New Yorkers, however, have a dim view of how Adams, Biden and Hochul have handled the issue, according to the poll.

Voters disapproved of Adams' job on the influx by a 47 percent to 31 percent margin, the poll found.

They disapproved of Hochul's response by a 51 percent to 35 percent margin, according to the poll.

And voters disapproved of the Biden administration's job on the migrants by a 59 percent to 34 percent margin, the poll found.

Read the full poll here.