Mayor Adams visits Southern border, offers criticism of federal government
The mayor spent the day in El Paso, Texas, meeting with the city's mayor and migrants. CBS2's Tim McNicholas reports.
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The mayor spent the day in El Paso, Texas, meeting with the city's mayor and migrants. CBS2's Tim McNicholas reports.
Adams called on the federal government to step up and help cities dealing with an influx of migrants, like New York, El Paso, and Chicago. CBS2's Tim McNicholas reports.
The mayor met with migrants and leaders of the Texas city on Sunday. CBS2's Tim McNicholas reports.
Adams spent the first day of his trip to the U.S.-Mexico border surveying an area where migrants often cross and speaking with El Paso's mayor, CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
The mayor's first stop is in El Paso, Texas, where he hopes to provoke a national discussion.
Mayor Eric Adams is spending the night at the United States-Mexico Border, and Sunday, he'll get a first-hand look at the migrant crisis in El Paso, Texas. The goal is to address that issue in New York City. CBS2's Jennifer Bisram has more on why the mayor is sounding the alarm.
Mayor Eric Adams is on his way to El Paso, Texas, to get a first-hand look at the crisis at the border and its effect on the asylum seeker crisis in New York City. CBS2's Jennifer Bisram reports.
The mayor's first stop is in El Paso, Texas, where he hopes to provoke a national discussion, CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
"We are at our breaking point," the mayor said in a statement.
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The budget would force city agencies to use fewer people to do the same jobs, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reports.
The mayor took questions after presenting his budget proposal.
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