some asylum seekers from Texas didn’t want to stay in NYC

A day after greeting asylum-seeking migrants at the Port Authority bus terminal in midtown Manhattan, Mayor Adams revealed Monday that some of them were “re-ticketed” so they could be with family members outside New York City.

For weeks, Adams has been engaging in a war of words — and public policy — with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who last week declared he’d begun directing busloads of asylum seekers to the Big Apple in a move Adams called “mean,” “cruel” and anti-American.”

But now it appears some of the migrants arriving in New York City aren’t staying — a result, according to Adams, of the Republican governor’s ill-conceived and poorly-planned policy.

“There were some who wanted to go to other cities where they have families, and they just packed them on a bus without any direction,” Adams said Monday morning in Queens. “We learned that many people had to be reticketed — they wanted to go somewhere else.”

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The mayor added that the confusion stemmed directly from Abbott focusing on New York with little regard for a common-sense solution to the situation.

“They just specifically targeted New York,” he said. “‘They’ being the governor of Texas.”

The feud between Adams and Abbott kicked off last month when Adams accused the state governments of both Texas and Arizona of giving asylum seekers “one-way” bus tickets to the city. At the time, Abbott responded that the Lone Star state had directed “thousands of migrants” to Washington D.C., but none to New York. Then, last week, Abbott said he’d also start sending the migrants here, saying it’s “the ideal destination” given “the services Mayor Adams has boasted about.”

On Sunday morning, Adams greeted migrants who arrived by bus at the Port Authority. Fourteen migrants got off, but the mayor noted that others were dropped off before reaching the bus terminal. Asked about that on Monday, Adams said he did not know “what stops were made along the way.”

“If you are dropping people off along the way, in a new country, and you may not have a full understanding of the language — it’s just inhumane,” he said.

It also remains unclear exactly who helped some of the migrants get new bus tickets.

Adams referenced “some amazing partners” who helped in that effort on Monday but did not specify who they were. His press office would only say they were “non-profits and church groups,” and Adams said he did not know where the reticketed passengers ultimately went.

The mayor also slammed Abbott for not coordinating with the city, saying that Texas hasn’t shared any information regarding the number of people it’s sending or what their final destinations are. He then urged the GOP to “be a true American.”

“This is a place where the Statue of Liberty sits in the harbor, and we say bring us your tired, those who are yearning to be free — that’s what these asylum seekers are doing,” the mayor said. “I don’t think anything is more anti-American than shipping people on a bus for a 45-hour trip without any of the basic needs that they have, or direction, or coordination.”

For Abbott, the issue has served as a cudgel against President Biden, who he’s accused of presiding over a “deadly” immigration policy.

“More migrants have died on the U.S. side of the southern border in the LAST 9 MONTHS than in any full year in our nation’s history,” Abbott claimed Monday on Twitter. “Pres. Biden’s open border policies have deadly consequences. It’s time he does his job to secure the border & save lives.”

Adams said Monday he’s still in talks with the Biden administration about sending aid to the city to address the city’s bursting homeless shelters and the influx of asylum seekers, which the city estimates has reached 4,000 so far this year.

He’s been saying for weeks that his administration has been in talks with the White House — but with little to show for it so far.

“On Friday, the teams were speaking on a lower level, and now we’re going to have a higher level conversation with the White House,” Adams said. “I believe the call is today.”

He said he also intends to brief the city’s congressional delegation but declined to say when he expects to reach an agreement with the White House.

When asked for more detail about the resources he’s requesting from the feds, Adams would not disclose an exact dollar amount, or whether he’d request assistance from the National Guard — a request made by Washington D.C. last week that was denied.

“This is a moving configuration right now,” Adams said. “But we need the resources to assist.”