Mom Kathy Hochul on accommodating NYC migrants as Eric Adams advocates stadium use

Gov. Kathy Hochul has not yet committed to housing even 500 of New York’s more than 40,000 migrants, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday, expressing support for the “concept” of housing new arrivals in sports stadiums.

Adams said he is still “cooperating” with the Hole administration after submitting what he called a “request for emergency mutual assistance” last week.

But Adams also said that Hochul was “fully aware of the urgency of the moment.”

“You know, a week and a half ago, in one week, we had 3,000 people. In one day we received more than 800 people. Just think about those numbers,” he said during an unrelated press conference at City Hall.

“And we are asking the entire state to treat this as an emergency, and the governor is clear about that. And we believe that our constant dialogue and our constant coordination will help us solve this problem that we are facing.”

On Friday, Adams said he needed Hochul to house the first 500 migrants “starting this weekend” because the city was at “our limit.”

But after the federal holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Adams acknowledged that he had not yet received a firm yes or no answer from Albany.

Adams told The Post exclusively on Sunday that he also supports a plan proposed by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to relocate migrants from the Big Apple to other upstate cities.

Also on Tuesday, Adams was asked if he supported placing migrants in sports stadiums, where they could be provided with a host of social and other services.

“Yes, I believe in this concept of putting people in conditions with all these services, comprehensive services needed, and we have been trying to identify places where we can do this,” he said.

“The federal government has land here. We need this land to be open, we have been negotiating with the state and are looking[ed] in some states,” he said. “And we’re trying to get real collaboration to get space for that.”

Adams did not name any of the sites or talk about his plans.

Last year, Adams ordered the construction of a migrant tent city on Orchard Beach in the Bronx, but abandoned it before it opened due to flooding fears.

Adams then moved the huge facility to Randall’s Island, where it was never fully occupied and closed less than a month later despite plush amenities including sofas, TVs and video games, as well as “culturally appropriate” meals prepared on site.

Emergency Management Commissioner Zak Iscol said the city spent “about $325,000 to demobilize from Orchard Beach and another $325,000 to create” Randall’s Island, but City Hall declined to detail the full costs.

Hochul’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

But on Sunday, she told reporters that she spoke with Adams earlier in the day and assured him that “we will continue to help him.”

“We have been helping him for many months and will continue to support him,” she added.