NYC migrant response - Animal rights activists' trial - Covid rises in Europe

On Friday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency and announced an executive order to suspend land use requirements to help the city cope with the influx of people. He expects the city will have spent $1 billion by the end of the fiscal year.
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Of the 61,000 people currently in the shelter system, 20,000 are children. One in five is an asylum-seeker. More than 17,000 asylum seekers have been bused to New York City. Five or six buses arrive each day. There are 5,500 migrant children enrolled in city schools. The mayor has appealed to hotels for temporary housing, to the private sector for donations and to religious groups to adopt a shelter and provide assistance.
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Mayor Adams, in an exchange with reporters, said the situation with asylum seekers "should be handled at the border." He called for a national strategy to spread asylum seekers throughout the country so they're absorbed by multiple cities. He appealed to state and federal governments for additional help.