After months of pleas from city and state officials, President Joe Biden and his administration appear to be stepping up their response to the influx of migrants arriving in the city.
Dozens of federal staffers will head to the city this week to help arriving migrants, and a lease agreement to use Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn to shelter new arrivals has been all but finalized.
Many have criticized the federal government's response to the influx of migrants, and that includes former Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Bloomberg says the Biden administration has not done enough to support the city, and that the immigration system is bogged down by a current federal law preventing asylum seekers from working.
Howard Wolfson, who leads the education program of Bloomberg Philanthropies and formerly served as deputy mayor under Bloomberg, joined host Errol Louis Tuesday night on “Inside City Hall” to discuss all things migrants.