New York City will close 13 emergency shelters that housed asylum seekers by June as the numbers of migrants in the Big Apple have fallen to its lowest point in 18 months.
Mayor Eric Adams announced the closings in all five boroughs on Friday, crediting his administration’s strategy for dealing with the immigration crisis and the federal government’s border policy changes that have reduced the number of migrants entering the United States.
Last month, Adams said the city would close 25 other sites by March, including shelters at the sprawling Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn and Randall’s Island…