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Adams announced the opening of New York City's first Asylum Seeker Resource Navigation Center on Thursday.

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PHOTO: New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the issue of asylum seekers sent from Texas to New York during a press conference held in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York City, N.Y., Aug. 8, 2022.
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The center, according to the city, \"will support individuals and families who have arrived in New York City on or after January 1, 2022. The center will serve as a central place where newly arrived asylum seekers will receive free and confidential help accessing a variety of important services and resources that will help them integrate and thrive in New York City.\"

\"Our city continues to welcome the thousands of families who have arrived in New York City in the last few months, but, today, we are announcing a one-stop-shop for those seeking asylum to receive free and confidential help accessing the important services and resources that will help them integrate and thrive in New York City,\" Adams said Thursday.

\"We are always willing to work with the City on ways to improve services for anyone in need of shelter, including asylum seekers, so long as any proposal complies with well-established court orders and New York State's Constitution, which require the City to provide homeless individuals and families placement in a safe and accessible shelter,\" The Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless said in a statement Thursday. \"We were glad to hear City officials affirming their commitment to those obligations this morning.\"

ABC News' William Mansell, Briana Alvarado and Kyla Guilfoil contributed to this report.

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