What you should know
- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that she wants to spend $2.4 billion to address the massive influx of immigrants that have overwhelmed New York City’s homeless shelters, addressing a political issue damaging to Democrats in her annual state budget proposal.
- The migrant spending plan, which would include shelter services, legal assistance and more, emerged as part of a $233 billion budget proposal from the governor’s office that will begin months of negotiations with legislative leaders.
- It had been a looming question before the legislative session how the governor planned to address immigrants, some 70,000 of whom are in the care of New York City.
NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that she wants to spend $2.4 billion to address the massive influx of immigrants who have overwhelmed New York City’s homeless shelters, addressing a political issue damaging to Democrats in their annual state budget proposal.
“In our budget, we are committing $2.4 billion to help New York City manage the immigration crisis. But the crisis will not change until we see a change in policy. I will be in Washington on Friday to support the federal legislation and push for more funds to help the city,” said Governor Hochul.
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In our budget, we’re committing $2.4 billion to help New York City manage the migrant crisis.
But the crisis won’t change until we see change in policy. I’ll be in Washington on Friday to support federal legislation & push for more funding to help the City.
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) January 16, 2024
The migrant spending plan, which would include shelter services, legal assistance and more, emerged as part of a $233 billion budget proposal from the governor’s office that will begin months of negotiations with legislative leaders.
It had been a looming question before the legislative session how the governor planned to address immigrants, some 70,000 of whom are in the care of New York City.
The governor did not address the topic in his State of the State address last week and the word “migrant” was not mentioned in his detailed 181-page policy plan book, an omission that was criticized by many on Capitol Hill.
The issue has the potential to hurt Democratic congressional candidates this fall, with New York expected to be a battleground for control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Republicans have been constantly criticizing President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats over federal immigration policy, and the issue is already touching on the races in New York.
Hochul, who has at times sparred with New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration over the city’s response to immigrants, had for months promised another round of financial assistance to help the city with immigration applicants. asylum. The state has already allocated $1.9 billion in emergency funding.
Adams himself spent last week recalibrating his own budget projections, reversing a small number of cuts he had planned to make after his office lowered its estimates of how much the migrant crisis would cost the city.
In Hochul’s plan, the $2.4 billion for immigrants would go toward short-term shelter services, health care and to pay for larger-scale emergency housing centers that have been created to deal with the influx of asylum seekers. asylum.
It would also be used to pay for legal aid to help immigrants through the asylum and work permit process, according to his proposal.
2024-01-16 16:35:02
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