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Says the city is burning through a billion dollars this fiscal year on what he calls a humanitarian crisis, more than 61,000 people living in shelters. >> we need help, and we need it now. >> reporter: some migrants are already being housed in hotels, but new york officials are now also in negotiations with cruise lines to house asylum seekers on ships. the city also started building a tent camp, but because of flooding concerns workers are moving it to randall's island off the coast of manhattan. advocates for the homeless are slamming the housing plan. >> these facilities tend to be erected ...

Migrants, more than 17,000 migrants have come from the southern border, bussed here, his administration says, and right now he said there are more than 61,000 people in the city's shelter system. and this is being built as a temporary housing facility. it's meant to hold about 500 migrants. they'll be spending no more than 96 hours here and we're told that this should open up over the next few days. advocates for the city's homeless have slammed this housing plan. they would like the administration to focus on setting up the migrants inside of hotels. they worry about the safety of facilities ...

The department of justice response to the high court is due tuesday, john. >> dickerson: scott macfarlane in washington. here in new york city today, the mayor declared a state of emergency to deal with the bus loads of asylum seekers who have been sent to the big apple from the southern border. and now the mayor is asking for $1 billion to care for the migrants. more now from cbs' tanya rivero. >> once the asylum seekers from today's buses are provided shelter, we will surpass the highest number of people in recorded history in our city's shelter system. >> reporter: new york mayor eric adams...

Over an influx of migrants. he said the city now has more than 61,000 people in the shelter system. including thousands of migrants who have recently been bussed in from other parts of the country. a relief center will open on rattles island, but that will likely philip. fast at least nine buses arrived in the city on thursday alone. mayor adams says that it will cost at least one billion dollars to maintain migrant services. meanwhile, texas governor, greg abbott boasted in a press release about sending over 8000 migrants to d.c. since april. 3000 more in your, accents, august and nearly 1000...

In helping borrowers escape crushing college debt through the aft's africa t around loan forgiveness -- efficacy around didn't loan forgiveness and 1750 public-service workers so far. a analysis for $61,000 on average of government and nonprofit workers including teachers. >> todd: what teachers? $450,000? staying in the classroom new york school district forcing students to mask up as they return to school today. even the state restrictions lifted months ago. and anna dasilva fighting back against the school mandate and a mother of a 5-year-old joins me now. thank you for joining us. describe...