NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has since last week been able to apply for more migrant crisis funding from the federal government — despite claims to the contrary from the mayor's budget chief.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency started accepting applications on March 3 for a $350 million pot that reimburses local governments across the U.S. for expenses related to sheltering and providing services for asylum seekers, a FEMA spokesman told the Daily News on Wednesday.
Applications can be submitted via a website set up by FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program. The website states that local governments should submit claims for reimbursement for migrant crisis-related costs incurred between July 1, 2022, and Feb. 28, and the spokesman said the program’s national board will “consider all applications.”
