Posted on 06/11/2023 5:27:45 PM PDT by dynachrome
The cost of housing migrants is so extraordinary — an estimated $4.3 billion between April of 2022 and July 2024 — that Mayor Adams says he must cut city services to afford it. [Emphasis added]
To manage those expenses, Adams says the city is planning to trim services such as library hours, meals for senior citizens, re-entry programming for Rikers Island prisoners, and free, full-day care for three-year-olds. Last month, Adams also sought to unwind the city’s right to shelter, which entitles the migrants to housing within 24 hours of their arrival. [Emphasis added]
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Data provided by the comptroller’s office shows 37 hotels contracting directly with the city’s Department of Homeless Services are being paid daily rates ranging from $55 a day to $385 per day, sometimes far in excess of what the hotel rooms might otherwise rent for.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“Overall, New Yorkers are paying $256 every day ...”
Here’s what to worry about. The Federal Government (that’s all of us) will probably end sending Eric a big check to pay for all of it.
Boo hoo. It has to be costing Texas far more, but no one seems to care.
We were able to take the kids around the city with little to no problem, over ten years ago. Tacoma is still scary but not as bad as Detroit.
Personally, I know they love diversity, etc. So I think we need several hundred more busloads to increase that. They voted for it, right?
So in other words you have no proof that the majority of New York voters are fine with illegals being hosted there
DILLIGAF?
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