The Brooklyn Community Board 1 meeting was a sleepy affair, almost entirely populated by members of the board, city officials and police officers who were all on hand to discuss the state of the city’s migrant influx, which has long been described as a “crisis.”

But the extent to which residents of the district — which comprises Williamsburg and Greenpoint — are alarmed by the situation wasn't reflected in the meeting's attendance on Tuesday night: Just two residents showed up for an update from city officials.

Daniel Henry, director of external affairs at the Mayor’s Office of Asylum Seeker Operations, told the board that the worst of the migrant crisis was over. He said that 70% of the 218,000 migrants who had arrived in the city since spring 2022 had "moved forward on the next steps of their journey."

“It was more of a crisis in 2022," Henry added. "Now, it's more of a steady state.”

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