““This issue will destroy New York City. Destroy New York City. We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month.”
Those were the words of Mayor Eric Adams last week during a town hall with residents and electeds regarding the asylum seeker crisis.
“Where am I?”
That is what an asylum seeker asked Adam Burian of New Rochelle, one of five incoming seniors at Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School who took time out of their summer break to volunteer at a temporary shelter for those who are seeking asylum in Phoenix to assimilate to their new country.
Five rising seniors at SAR in Riverdale heard a call to action in a speech by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz. They answered the call and traveled to Phoenix in August to help asylum seekers acclimate to …