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NYC Mayor Adams’ budget boss says city on track to blow past $4.3 billion migrant crisis cost estimate: ‘God bless us’

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams has estimated that the city will spend $4.3 billion on the local asylum-seeker crisis by next summer — but his budget director suggested Tuesday that eye-popping price tag could actually be an understatement.

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

NYC not providing showers at migrant ‘respite centers,’ raising right-to-shelter concerns from advocates

NEW YORK - Asylum seekers housed in several of the city’s “respite centers” have not been able to properly wash themselves for days because there are no showers at the newly-opened sites, according to people who’ve stayed there and migrant advocates.

Tribune News Service · May 23, 2023

NYC submits FEMA application for $650 million in federal migrant aid — 4 days before deadline

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams’ administration finally submitted a request for federal migrant aid late last month just days ahead of an application deadline for the emergency funding, the Daily News has learned.

Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023