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New York City is on track to spend as much as $12 billion on managing the local migrant crisis by mid-2025 — a staggering price tag that Mayor Adams warned Wednesday will necessitate more “across the board” cuts to city services.
The new City Hall cost estimate — which was first reported by the Daily News ahead of its Wednesday morning release — eclipses the $4.3 billion Adams’ administration previously projected it would spend by July 2024 on housing, feeding and providing services for the tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived since last year.
Under the administration’s revised projection, which was prompted by a recent uptick in migrant arrivals, the city is expected to spend as much as $6.1 billion by July 2024. Costs are then set to surge further, reaching the $12 billion mark by July 2025, according to the projection.
“We are past our breaking point,” Adams said in a speech at City Hall, adding that it “breaks this city’s heart” that dozens of migrants resorted a few weeks ago to sleeping on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk after being told there was no more room in the city’s overcrowded shelter system.
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On average, Adams said, the city is already spending $9.8 million per day on accommodating migrants. There are currently more than 57,000 migrants in the city’s shelters and emergency housing systems, most of them Latin Americans who arrived in New York after crossing the U.S. southern border in hopes of obtaining asylum status, according to Adams’ office.
Due to the ballooning price tag, Adams said his administration is in the process of scaling back services being offered to migrants in the city’s care. Perks like free meals, laundry and hygiene products are likely to be on the chopping block, Adams said.
“Every service must be cut,” he told reporters in the City Hall Rotunda after his speech. “Some of the things we were doing we are not going to be able to do.”
Beyond migrants, Adams said services being offered to New Yorkers are also likely to be trimmed back. “Every service in this city is going to be impacted,” he said.
Adams has already slashed spending at nearly all city agencies over the past year due to fiscal concerns largely driven by the migrant crisis. That has resulted in drastic service reductions, like the recent closure of a city Health Department library that emerged as a key scientific research resource during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The only way the city can avoid further budgetary pain is if President Biden’s administration provides Adams’ administration with more financial and logistical aid, the mayor said.
“The White House can help us now,” Adams said.
Let's go Brandon, show us the money.
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This idiot in mayor’s office is overwhelmed. He thought his new position was going to be so easy. Brace yourselves. If Adams is saying it will cost $12 B. Try $24 B by the time it’s over. New York is done.
'Don't worry be happy the Federal taxpayers will pay for this democrat caused nightmare'
Can we blame trump ?
Wokeness demands yearly sacrifices at the altar of insanity.
Good photo work JQ !
“ The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command ” — George Orwell, 1984
The corruption is beyond comprehension.
@"Wokeness demands yearly sacrifices..."
What's woke about this. Corporations want cheap labor. This is what they get. Nothing to do with woke.
Like most TrumpTurds, you probably can't even define "Woke" even though it causes you to become completely deranged.
@"Can we blame trump ?"
Of course not, he built "The Great Wall of Texas" which stopped all of this. Everyone is saying it.
This is just more fake news. There are no migrants. Everyone is saying that too.
"It was the best of times -- it was the worst of times"
Can we blame George Soros ?
Can we blame Climate Change ?
So NYC you have been losing with Biden how does that make you feel ?
Someone please explain how Biden is doing great for our country! And then get your little fantasy world destroyed by reality.
Hunter gets a 143 thousand for a car and I can’t even afford 240 dollars that’s 240.00 for a medication I desperately need.
It's corruption like I've never seen in my life, in ANY country. What a disgrace.
Don't house them, don't feed them, don't let their kids go to school, don't give them healthcare. Give them NOTHING and then they'll leave. All the "asylum" claims are total bullshit anyway. Oh yeah, give them one thing. A free ticket back home.
This invasion of illegals has been relentless since 1492.
@"Can we blame trump ?"
Of course not. We can blame Columbus for getting lost in the Atlantic.
Can we blame trump ?
Why not? The leftist loonies blame him for everything else.
Soon they'll blame Trump for not completing the wall.
I'm laughing at the news still. NYC is now calling for Brandon to close the border. They're honestly sounding MAGA.
Another tax cut for the rich should cover this!
Well nyc voted for this
@"NYC is now calling for Brandon to close the border"
What are you talking about? Trump already built the wall. The border is closed.
>>>>Corporations want cheap labor<<<
Corporations, even construction want cheap labor but no they CANT use any of these people, thats because most are totally illiterate in any language. Most all the females stay pregnant so they can get free stuff and never have to work.
Most these illegals the mayor has invited in cant even write their on name let alone read a ruler. The cant even be processed
Its woke democrat leadership, restaurant, hotel and catholic church that's driving this.
Especially the restaurant industry in New York, look how these cheap bastards are getting every perk possible including taking over public sidewalks and streets.
City Inspectors look the other way on health cards for kitchen and hotel staff.
The restaurants want cheap kitchen staff, Democrats want them for lifetime votes, and the failing Catholic church needs them for their ability to multiply, refuse birth control, fill wooden pews and collection baskets.
For some reason these people (especially the Mexicans are totally loyal obedient to the church, believe in the devil, saints, spirit's and such. A home run of religious easily controllable as far as the church is concerned.
According to Curtis Sliwa's people the Catholic church masses in Spanish, mobbed, every seat filled. Far contrast from the maybe one Sunday mass in English is maybe 20 grey haired white people, some with walkers and such.
Personally I hate the church, one of the most corrupt monsters out there.
These bastards tried to take my mother for $80,000 when my father died from covid in the nursing home. It was first "$80,000 for the last plot left if you want to bury him" then this: "we only have 2 side plots you will have to give us $160,000 for 2 if you want side by side plots.
I went friggin nuts and almost killed that priest and guy with him.!!
F_ing criminals, the Pope too!!
-Joe
Sleepy, Creepy, Poopy-Pants Joe. That’s the “president” we have.
Add this to news you will not see on CNN today.
CNN says there are some fine people marching with the looters and domestic terrorists.
-Joe. May I kindly ask: Did you pay? Was he buried there? Cremated? You went elsewhere? Thanks.
@“ CNN says there are some fine people marching with the looters “
Marching where? Are we missing something?
Jan 6th was a couple of years ago. Have they started again?
With Biden it's NYC " let them eat cake"!
The only way to fix this is to Vote the current administration out-of-office
@Joe
Maybe the Catholic Church hit you up with a "Special KKK" tax. Next time, try to remember to take off that white hood when you go looking for a quote.
Prove Me Wrong said...
Destruction is the intent of the Marxists and "WOKE" democrats fall for it and make us all suffer.
Biden in a nutshell.
New York, East Palestine No comment. Maui, No comment. Ukraine, send them another 24 billion...
@NPC_doofus, could you please explain how @Joe's mum died from a fake virus?
Please help me to understand, we have states/cities what have voted to be sanctuary places, have voted to welcome illegals, and now when they get the illegals they want taxpayer dollars to support them. I don't understand, you wanted them, you got them, you need to pay.
Keep voting DEMOCRAT this is what you get for your vote. Next election will be the same because NYC can't vote anything but DEMOCRAT so don't expect things to get better unless you vote against the DEMOCRATS
NYC, quick, change your name to Ukraine.
All Democrats who support this devolution into Tyranny, are complicit in Evil.
This is how the left pays for all that “democracy” they’re so proud of.
Otzi the Iceman was here first !
Reject weaknesses said...
Everything is subject to "Woke" revisionism these days.
Guess that's why there's such a push to teach 2+2 = 5
Every single person who voted democrat should have their taxes tripled to pay for what they asked for.
Follow the money trail Sheeple and tell us who is getting paid to assist these illiterates fill out the phoney asylum claims???
We all need to remember to thank the Great Southern Governors for forcing this problem in the face of all of these Krazy liberal Democrats. Keep those busses coming FJB
Being a sanctuary city isn't so cool when you bear the consequences.
If Sliwa had been elected mayor, we wouldn't be having this crisis right now. He would have turned that very first bus around. And if illegals happened to get here, they wouldn't be given the red carpet treatment Adams is giving them.
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