What you should know
- According to a statement, the city will increase the cut in spending on “asylum seekers” by 10%, as the city describes recently arrived immigrants, after applying a “successful” 20% cut in the items dedicated to them, which has allowed more than 1.7 billion dollars to be returned to the coffers.
- Adams explained that this money has been recovered, in part, “reducing the daily costs” of aid to immigrant family units and assured that he will continue to offer them “intensive” services so that they can resolve their residence and work permits and be able to support themselves without help. .
- Mayor Adams said this additional 10% spending cut on the immigration crisis is one of the reasons he is canceling previously announced cuts to other city agencies.
NEW YORK — The mayor of New York City, Democrat Eric Adams, announced this Wednesday a new budget cut to address the immigration crisis that has affected this US city for almost two years and that, he said, allows thus reversing the planned cuts in municipal agencies.
According to a statement, the city will increase the cut in spending on “asylum seekers” by 10%, as the city describes recently arrived immigrants, after applying a “successful” 20% cut in the items dedicated to them, which has allowed more than 1.7 billion dollars to be returned to the coffers.
Adams explained that this money has been recovered, in part, “reducing the daily costs” of aid to immigrant family units and assured that he will continue to offer them “intensive” services so that they can resolve their residence and work permits and be able to support themselves without help. .
New York hosts more than 65,000 migrants in a system that encompasses public shelters and converted shelter centers such as hotels, and provides food, education for children and other essential services, which has generated a local financial crisis.
The city has limited the time that immigrants can stay in these centers and has sued the transport companies that bring them from border states such as Texas, from where Republican Governor Greg Abbott exerts great pressure to denounce the central government’s immigration policy.
Mayor Adams said this additional 10% spending cut on the immigration crisis is one of the reasons he is canceling previously announced cuts to other city agencies.
The other reason is better-than-expected economic results in 2023, which will lead to higher tax collections, which Adams had previously echoed.
In that sense, he highlighted that on Tuesday the credit rating agency Moody’s maintained New York’s positive rating (Aa2) and praised it for its “robust financial management” and its “measures to help close budget gaps (…) caused due to the migration crisis”.
The mayor has been denouncing for months that the federal government is not helping to solve the immigration situation, which has caused a fiscal crisis with a hole of 12,000 million dollars by 2025, which led him to announce 5% cuts in municipal agencies last year. past.
However, at the beginning of 2024 he already retracted some of the cuts to the agencies and ruled out removing funds, specifically those destined for the Police and Fire Departments.
2024-02-22 03:59:30
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