Only 5 Asylum Seekers Live In Adams' Tent City: Report

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Eric Adams' massive migrant tent city is a giant ghost town, according to a new report.

Just five asylum seekers were living in the controversial Randall's Island facility two days after the site meant to house 500 people opened, the New York Post reported.

The site was only at 1 percent capacity.

Adams, when asked about the capacity during a Fox5 interview, compared the facility to car insurance.

"They don't hope for an accident, but they better be prepared for one," he said.

Mayor's officials didn't return Patch's request for further comment as of publication.

Adams has argued that the temporary facility is necessary to deal with a 20,000-strong — and counting — surge of migrants coming to the city, in part on orders from Republican governors intent on making a political point about the situation on the U.S. border.

"I think that New York has always been a role model for how to effectively use our infrastructure to address the crisis and make sure we treat people in a humane way," Adams said in a video touting the facility as it opened this week.

But the rollout of what City Hall officials call a "humanitarian emergency response and relief center" has been troubled from day one.

Among other problems, city officials had to move the facility to Randall's Island from its originally planned Bronx location after flooding — which critics had warned of — inundated the site.