Adams’ budget chief says migrant costs might exceed $4.3B projection by next July, a figure often cited
will be offset by cuts and cost-shifts imposed by the Albany spending plan.
“We were very disappointed to learn that the city will only be receiving $30.5 million in the first round of awards, which is only 8.7% of the $350 million it had applied for,” the speaker said. “If the city is awarded the same percentage in the next tranche, federal funding will total just over $39 million.”
But the administration’s cost projections for the asylum seeker crisis were challenged by the Independent Budget Office in
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