“The simple truth is that longtime New Yorkers and asylum-seekers will feel these potential cuts,” Adams said.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Just days after saying that the mounting costs of the migrant crisis, Mayor Eric Adams ordered some of the city’s sharpest budget cuts in years that he said would only be averted with the help of federal and state aid.
“The simple truth is that longtime New Yorkers and asylum-seekers will feel these potential cuts,” the mayor said inThe abrupt announcement of the cuts amounts to a challenge to President Joe Biden and Gov. Kathy Hochul. In his remarks on Saturday, Adams blamed both the federal and state governments for failing to provide the city with sufficient aid and policy interventions to address the migrant influx.
City officials project that the cost of sheltering and caring for migrants will cost $12 billion over the next three years. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, City Comptroller Brad Lander said his office would review the proposed cuts and added that "scapegoating asylum-seekers will not improve education, public safety, housing affordability, or quality of life for New Yorkers."
The mayor delivered his most provocative comments yet on the issue, saying that he did not “see an ending” to the migrant crisis.Budget experts have long warned that the city faces difficult fiscal choices in the next year. Federal pandemic aid that had funded critical programs like pre-K is set to expire next year, and will leave gaping deficits.
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