The question not being asked is “what services and support for actual citizens are being reduced?”
Migrant Costs Help Push New York State’s Budget to $233 Billion
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday unveiled a $233 billion budget for New York State that includes $2.4 billion to help New York City manage its migrant crisis — a $500 million increase reflecting the mounting costs as immigrants continue to arrive.
The budget proposal sought to thread the needle between the necessity to exert financial discipline as projected multibillion-dollar deficits loom, and the pressing needs posed by the migrant situation as well as substantial increases in Medicaid costs.
The presentation built on the State of the State address that Ms. Hochul gave last week, in which she outlined a broad vision for bolstering mental health care and public safety across the state, but spoke only briefly about the migrant crisis.
The issue took center stage on Tuesday, with the governor offering a package that will help cover the costs of sheltering migrants and asylum seekers, as well as provide funds for case management, National Guard staffing, medical and legal bills, and employment-related services.
Under Ms. Hochul’s proposal, New York State will take over funding for roughly 3,000 beds, fully covering the cost of existing shelters at Creedmoor, the state psychiatric hospital in Queens, and at Randall’s Island. This will come on top of the state’s pledge to fund a 2,000-bed shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.
Who’s paying for this? Too bad it’s not really possible to raise the taxes of all those who voted Democrat in the Sanctuary State Of New York
The $2.4 billion in state spending for the migrant crisis still falls short of the $10 billion that Mayor Adams has said it will cost the city through the summer of 2025. (The Adams administration had projected the crisis would cost the city $12 billion before lowering that estimate last week.)
I would have thought all those supporters of unfettered illegal immigration would be happy to donate their money to help the illegals in SCNY. As for the state, well, Hochul refuses to allow tax increases, so, yes, the money for the illegals has to come from somewhere.
500 million!! OMG. That is a huge number!!
Of ourselves it is really only 1/5 of 1 percent of the NY state budget .
Johnny-can you read? “2.4 billion for the migrant crisis”, with the Mayor projecting that 10 billion will be needed for the next year and a half. OMG!
The costs of liberalism are finally being made clear to people who vote for Democrats, “as projected multibillion-dollar deficits loom.”
New Yorkers voted for Joe Biden, and this is the result.