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Mayor Eric Adams will head to Washington today to request federal assistance with the migrant crisis. The mayor’s last trip was over the summer, and the Biden administration has yet to fulfill many of the outspoken Democrat’s asks.

The new makeshift shelter at Floyd Bennett field will eventually house 2,000 migrants. Leaders are questioning the site's desolate location, potential for flooding and unusual living quarters.

In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have the latest on the crisis in the Middle East.

 

Voters are watching ahead of the Nov. 7 election how Democrat Justin Brannan and Republican Ari Kagan respond to the bloodshed in the Middle East and its fallout in New York.

Mayor Eric Adams's administration is moving ahead to open a massive encampment for 2,000 migrants at Floyd Bennett Field.

Migrant families staying in New York City shelters will be required to leave those facilities after 60 days and reapply for placement, according to a new rule announced by Mayor Eric Adams on Monday.

Dozens of New York City lawmakers sued Tuesday to try to block the housing of more than 2,000 migrants at Floyd Bennett Field, just days after the city finally inked a deal to use it.

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Housing migrants at a Brooklyn facility managed by the National Park Service is incompatible with the mission of the agency, Republican lawmakers argued Friday in a letter to the Biden administration.