{"id":1116213,"date":"2021-12-13T22:43:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T03:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1116213"},"modified":"2021-12-13T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T03:44:00","slug":"new-york-taxpayers-foot-bill-for-5m-resettlement-of-afghans-across-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-taxpayers-foot-bill-for-5m-resettlement-of-afghans-across-state\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Taxpayers Foot Bill for $5M Resettlement of Afghans Across State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-taxpayers-foot-bill-for-5m-resettlement-of-afghans-across-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1116213&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Taxpayers across New York will pay at least $5 million to resettle within the state nearly 2,000 Afghans brought to the United States by President Joe Biden as part of his massive Afghan resettlement operation.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-announces-2-million-state-funding-help-afghan-evacuees-resettle-new-york-state\">announced<\/a> an additional $2 million expense to resettle Afghans across New York. The total amount to resettle Afghans, which will fall entirely on New York residents, now comes to about $5 million.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWith Afghan evacuees fleeing widespread instability in their own country, New York State is proud to take a leading role in the massive resettlement effort, and with this historic, first-of-its-kind investment, we will connect people with the support they need to flourish in their new home,\u201d Hochul said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17666122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/08\/wi\/ap\/25\/aptopix-york-governor-york-gov-kathy-hochul-speaks-reporters-ceremonial-swearing-ceremony-at.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17666122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aptopix-york-governor-york-gov-kathy-hochul-speaks-reporters-ceremonial-swearing-ceremony-at-1024x721-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"660\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to reporters after a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony at the state Capitol, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Albany, NY. (AP Photo\/Hans Pennink)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A number of refugee contractors, those whom the federal government showers with American taxpayer money to resettle thousands of refugees every year in the U.S., praised the investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York is encouraged by Governor Hochul\u2019s leadership and support to Afghans in need of assistance during this humanitarian crisis,\u201d a spokesperson for Catholic Charities said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/03\/the-list-19-senate-republicans-give-biden-over-13b-to-resettle-unlimited-flow-of-afghans-across-their-states\/\">19 Senate Republicans<\/a> and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) voted to give the Biden administration more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/02\/government-funding-bill-includes-7b-for-endless-flood-of-afghans-to-u-s\/\">$7 billion<\/a> to facilitate the resettlement of at least 70,000 Afghans that will be spread across 46 states.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the Biden administration has been given by Congress about $13 billion in American taxpayer money to resettle Afghans across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxpayers across New York will pay at least $5 million to resettle within the state nearly 2,000 Afghans brought to the United States by President Joe Biden as part of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1116213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}