Eric Adams was right — there’s no end in sight…
According to a New York Post report, NYC’s Department of Homeless Services is seeking 14,000 hotel rooms to house illegal migrants through 2025; costs will exceed $2.3 billion dollars.
From The New York Post:
About 150 hotels are currently sheltering migrants and total spending on migrant services over three years will hit $5.76 billion.
“The taxpayers can’t pay for this indefinitely,” said Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute think tank.
With Mayor Eric Adams under criminal indictment and his administration in disarray, Gelinas said Gov. Kathy Hochul “should take control” of managing the migrant crisis in the city.
She said it’s totally unacceptable that so many hotels in Manhattan’s Midtown and downtown tourists district have been converted to migrant shelters instead of serving the tourism industry.
“We should stop using hotels as shelters by the end of the year,” Gelinas said.
The city has three existing contracts with the New York City Hotel Association to work with its extensive network of hotels to voluntarily provide shelter space.
The total cost to house migrants per room per night is $352 per night, according to city data .
Donald Trump’s national press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared the story on X, asking “How much will be spent on building new homes for American citizens who lost everything in the hurricanes?”
More over at The New York Post:
$2.3 BILLION spent on housing for illegals in ONE city!
How much will be spent building new homes for American citizens who lost everything in the hurricanes? https://t.co/am2u5PfX8G
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) October 10, 2024
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