New Yorkers become fed up with paying high rent next to migrants' tent city ... trends now
New Yorkers are outraged after asylum seekers refused to move from a Manhattan hotel to a housing facility in Brooklyn.
The NYPD was called to The Watson Hotel on Monday to get migrants to take the next step of the asylum process, but many refused to go as they set up tents outside the Hell's Kitchen residence.
A nurse who lives down the block from the hotel told DailyMail.com that the city needed to kick out the migrants, some of whom he said were smoking cigarettes and marijuana while lying in blankets and sleeping bags on the street.
'I am paying $2,000 a month to witness this,' said the man, who identified himself as Steven. 'I have kids in school. This is ridiculous.'
Migrants have remained camping outside The Watson Hotel in Hell's Kitchen, refusing to relocate to a NYC housing shelter in Brooklyn
Local residents expressed outrage at the sight and slammed the city and federal government for failing to curb the number of asylum seekers reaching the Big Apple
The city is pushing the migrants to board buses bound for Brooklyn (above), but the migrants and advocates say the facility is ill-equipped to accommodate them
More than 43,000 asylum seekers have flooded the Big Apple since last spring, leading the city to set up emergency shelters at hotels while constructing mass housing for the migrants.
While many migrants have been moved outside the hotels, many at The Watson have refused to take up the city's offer to ship them to the Red Hook housing facility in Brooklyn, causing headaches for longtime residents in Hell's Kitchen.
Allan Robert, who lives in an apartment with his wife next to the Watson, slammed the city for moving the migrants to the hotel in the first place, and said the crowded streets have become safety concerns for residents.
'No information was given to the neighborhood prior to this happening,' Robert said. 'They were just dropped here.
'I don't mind helping migrants but I do mind helping migrants that are undocumented - which we are paying for per night, per room. Really, how much is it?'
Adams has also been bullish on asking for federal help, which included a rally outside City Hall Sunday.
Washington has approved $800million in spending to aid the crisis but it will go to various cities across the country.
Even if it were all going to New York, the city will still spend more money on its own to help the migrants, according to ABC7.
Both Robert and Steven condemned New York City Mayor Eric Adams for failing to properly relocate the migrants, with Steven laying additional blame on President Joe Biden's border failures.
'They are taking the migrants out to Brooklyn to put a whole new set of people here,' he said. 'Our tax dollars are paying for this.
'They are making a mockery of what we worked so hard for decades to fix. It's ridiculous. It's a
