It's the Bryan Lair Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone.

Well, as we've been mentioning over the last day, my special guest, a little later this

hour, will be your own Allison Stewart, host of all of it, in a very different context

than you usually hear her.

Allison wrote a book 10 years ago. She was even on the show 10 years ago, five years before

she worked here for a book interview. And now she says her name and contents of her book

have been taken out of context and used incorrectly by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in

his affirmative action decision. So we're going to talk in detail with Allison Stewart

about that, how she feels she was misinterpreted. And Clarence Thomas' opinion in the affirmative

action case the other week and the implications else in Stewart coming up later this hour.

We begin today with the latest controversial actions by Mayor Eric Adams in his fight

to keep the city from being what he sees as overwhelmed by the number of asylum seekers

coming to the city with more than 50,000 now being housed by the city itself, according

to the mayor's count, for a lack of private housing options that the asylum seekers have.

The mayor announced at least two new things yesterday. He said single adult asylum seekers

will only be given shelter at first for 60 days, then would have to reapply. Listen.

Those who do not find alternative housing by the time they're 60 days are complete, they

would be required to reapply for a new placement. Now that would not apply to families with

children, but childless adults would have only those initial 60 days to stay in a shelter

automatically. That's a change from current policy and then they would be given a fresh

evaluation. That's one thing. The other thing is language on a flyer that the city will

be distributing at the southern border. According to the mayor, the flyer will include the words

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