First migrants arrive at Mayor Adams’ tent city in New York — all 2 of them

The first residents of Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial tent city for migrants arrived Wednesday morning in a caravan of vehicles and were welcomed with handshakes from a top City Hall official.

But there were just two of them.

After being greeted at the Randall’s Island facility by city Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol, the two men were whisked into one of three giant white tents where they underwent testing for COVID-19.

It wasn’t immediately clear why the three city vans that pulled up around 10:15 a.m. only carried the two migrants but officials have said that only single males will be housed in the tent city.

Both men appeared to be in their late 30s or early 40s.

After apparently testing negative, they were escorted into a different section of the tent where officials have said staffers will find out where newly arrived migrants want to go next.

The tent city, which was unveiled Tuesday, can accommodate 500 migrants, with a potential capacity of 1,000.

In addition to two tents filled with rows of cots, the third tent has a dining room where three meals cooked on-site will be served daily.

There’s also a lounge area with popcorn machines, flat-screen TVs, Xbox game consoles, ping-pong and foosball tables, and a bank of telephones for making international calls.

Officials have said they hope to move migrants out of the tent city within 96 hours of their arrival but won’t force anyone to leave — in part because the city’s shelter system is overloaded due to the more than 20,500 migrants who’ve shown up since April 1.

Also Wednesday, United Bodegas of American spokesman Fernando Mateo said the 15,000 store owners who comprise his group “have the capacity to hire these people” and were eager to do so.

“These migrants are coming here and fleeing their countries because they need to survive,” Mateo said.

“They don’t want handouts. They want to work and support their families.”

Under federal immigration rules, migrants who enter the country without a visa can apply for a work permit 30 days after applying for asylum, then have to wait at least five more months before it can be granted.

Last month, Mayor Eric Adams and other city officials called on President Biden to eliminate the waiting periods so migrants can start working immediately once they arrive in the Big Apple.

“We in the business community need to open our doors and allow them to work, so the taxpayers don’t have to pay to support them,” Mateo said.

“We need the Biden administration to allow them to get work permits. We need to do that now. Eric Adams can’t do this alone.”