2023-11-21 02:08:16
The city of NY plans to cut 20 percent of its spending on the thousands of migrants who have arrived since the spring of last year and who, according to the mayor, Eric Adamsthey have mined the finance from the city.
The director of the Mayor’s Budget OfficeJacques Jiha, sent a note to the bosses of agencies demanding that they present by December 8 a plan for 20 percent cuts in spending for the migrantswith a view to keeping the budget balanced for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
Jiha remembers that the flow of migrants continues, and that 66 thousand of the 143 thousand who have arrived in New York since the spring of 2022 are under the care of the city.
Migrants outside the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. Picture of
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Remember that the city allocated $6.2 billion this month to the fiscal plan for 2024 and 2025 to meet the costs of housing and care of the residents. migrantsbut warns that the gaps in local finances have “expanded.”
As disclosed by the Mayor’s Office at the end of October, the cost of migrants welcomed in the system has risen to almost $400 per person per day.
Among the measures the Adams administration has taken to deal with the crisis humanitarian and fiscal, the time in which a single person can be in a shelter has been limited to 30 days and the period for families to 60 days.
File image, taken on March 7, in which a group of migrants was recorded, while lining up to receive food, in Queens County, New York. Photo by EFE/Ángel Colmenares
In parallel, Adams has also attended the courts to suspend the law that forces the city to provide shelter to anyone who requests it, in an attempt to stop the flow of immigrants, mostly Venezuelans and with a large number of Africans.
Jiha expressed her gratitude for the nearly $1.8 billion that Governor Kathy Hochul committed to migrant expenses, but noted that she has warned that the state cannot continue to help at that level without running the risk of reducing services.
The memo indicates that there can be no layoffs as part of the plan reduction of expenses nor will personnel be hired.
“It is clear that we must do more. The city cannot sustain the bills of attention to applicants asylum at current levels while maintaining city services and maintaining the city segura y clean“Jiha stated.
With information from EFE
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