Mayor Adams presses state to cover half of migrant expenses on annual budget trip to Albany
New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked the state to shoulder half the city’s costs for sheltering tens of thousands of migrants on Tuesday, and told state lawmakers that he’s all but given up on convincing the federal government to pick up a greater share.
Adams wasted little time in requesting more migrant aid. Last year, he also proposed that the state cover half of the migrant-associated spending, only to have state lawmakers agree to split the cost three ways with the city and federal governments. But ongoing congressional deadlock over immigration has made federal assistance unlikely.
The city says 173,000 migrants have arrived in New York since spring 2022, and more than 67,000 of them are currently in the shelter system. “I think, as a state, we are continuing to try and find ways to be assisting as the mayor and the city deals with this,” Stewart-Cousins said. “But I don’t think it’s a good idea to let the federal government off the hook.”
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