Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams has called for action with regard to the near-constant influx of illegal immigrants — the reversal of several 1980s court rulings that force the city to provide shelter to anyone who asks for it.

The mayor’s administration, according to a report published Tuesday by the New York Post, plans to argue that the rulings were never meant to accommodate the wave after wave of illegal immigrants, many of whom have been sent by bus or by train from border states where resources have already been exhausted.

“The governor of Texas continues to state, ‘Well, you guys are a sanctuary city.’ That has nothing to do with this,” Adams objected during a Tuesday press conference. “These people are paroled into the country that has nothing to do with it. While they are here, we are obligated [to provide housing] and that’s why we’re in court saying that the right to shelter should not have an impact on this migrant crisis.”

“This is a real problem,” Adams continued, and has argued on a number of occasions that the rulings were not put in place to handle the more than 160,000 illegal immigrants who have arrived in New York City since 2022. The case is currently being argued in private mediation, and there has been no court date set.

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The mayor’s continued struggles — which also include an investigation into his office and possible ties to Turkey’s government — have left the door open for speculation about who might run for the city’s top spot if he were sidelined.

Page Six reported just before Christmas that disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) — who resigned in 2021 amid multiple accusations of sexual harassment — could potentially be “leaning toward” a run for mayor if Adams were to find himself out of a job.