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New York City continues to grapple with how to accommodate more than 100-thousand migrants who have arrived since last year.
Mayor Adams has been calling for expedited work permits from the White House, but that’s a complicated process. Now Governor Kathy Hochul and others are weighing the possibility of issuing New York-based work permits.
Grace Rauh is the executive director of the 5 Boro Institute think tank. Teresa Gonzalez is a partner at the lobbying firm Bolton Saint John’s and serves on the board of 5 Boro and the New York Immigration Coalition. They joined WNYC’s Sean Carlson to discuss an op-ed they wrote in “AM New York” earlier this week titled “It’s Time to Be Bold on Migrants,” where they call on Gov. Hochul to being issuing state work permits.