{"id":2027137,"date":"2023-09-10T08:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T12:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-announces-potential-budget-cuts-amid-immigration-crisis\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T08:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T12:44:56","slug":"nyc-mayor-announces-potential-budget-cuts-amid-immigration-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-announces-potential-budget-cuts-amid-immigration-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor considers budget cuts due to immigration crisis."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fnyc-mayor-announces-potential-budget-cuts-amid-immigration-crisis%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=2027137&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>New York \u2063City Mayor Announces Budget Cuts Amid Immigration Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>New York City Mayor\u2062 Eric Adams on Saturday announced potential budget cuts of at least five percent across all city agencies, amid an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-accuse-biden-of-playing-political-game-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"House Republicans Accuse Biden of Playing \u2018Political Game\u2019 Over Border Crisis\">illegal immigration crisis<\/a> in the Big Apple. His office also announced it&#8217;s taking \u200bother efforts to reduce costs.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Adams\u200d cited &#8220;the convergence of circumstances threatening New York City\u2019s financial stability&#8221; for the steps his administration is taking to balance\u200d the\u2063 city&#8217;s budget, as required by law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because the city has been forced to \u2063bear most costs of the asylum seeker \u2062humanitarian crisis at a time when revenue growth is slowing\u200c and COVID-19 stimulus funding is sunsetting, the city faces substantial fiscal \u200ddisruption if circumstances do not change,&#8221; his office stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/i-dont-see-ending-to-migrant-crisis-that-will-destroy-nyc-mayor-5487633\">Mayor Adams \u200cWarns Influx of Illegal Immigrants Will &#8216;Destroy&#8217;\u2062 NYC<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/7\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-urges-biden-admin-to-expedite-work-permits-for-illegal-immigrants-5484464\">NYC Mayor \u200dEric Adams Urges Biden Admin to Expedite Work Permits for\u2063 Illegal Immigrants<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/31\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The mayor\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nUsAPUdCLkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is calling<\/a> for every city agency to plan to reduce spending by 5 percent\u2063 for the \u200bNovember \u200cbudget, then another 5 percent for the\u200c January budget, and \u2064yet\u2062 another 5 percent for the April budget.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Specifically, his administration is &#8220;asking all of our agencies to submit a plan to reduce their\u2062 city-funded spending in each \u2062year of our financial plan by five percent for our upcoming November budget update; by another five percent in January&#8217;s preliminary budget; and \u2064by a final five percent in April&#8217;s executive budget,&#8221; Mr. Adams said\u2064 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nUsAPUdCLkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video address<\/a> to\u200d New Yorkers on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>About 10,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-responds-to-new-yorks-immigration-crisis-plea\/\" title=\"White House addresses New York's immigration crisis plea.\">000 illegal immigrants seeking asylum<\/a> are &#8220;still arriving each month,&#8221; which puts the estimated \u2063costs\u200c for taxpayers at\u2062 &#8220;$12\u2063 billion over three fiscal years,&#8221; his office stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Reducing Costs of \u2064Caring for\u200b Illegal \u2064Immigrants<\/h2>\n<p>New York City has taken in about 112,000 illegal immigrants \u2063since spring 2022 with \u2064nearly 60,000 temporarily living in government shelters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;While \u200dour compassion is \u200blimitless, our resources are not,&#8221; Mr. Adams told New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the\u2062 city&#8217;s recovery and\u200b economy are strong,\u2062 we \u200bface slowing revenue growth and COVID stimulus funding that\u200d has supported education\u200b and social services programs sunsets next fiscal year. But the money has to come from somewhere. &#8230; \u200cIn this \u200ccontext, and to secure our city&#8217;s financial future, unless the economy performs better than\u2064 expected, we are forced to consider significant\u200c cost-saving \u2063measures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The administration is also \u2062looking at\u200d various ways to reduce the costs of caring\u2062 for \u2064the illegal immigrants, \u200cnoting that it is &#8220;actively working to reduce housing and other costs by transitioning migrants out of the shelter \u2063system and humanitarian emergency response and relief centers to more cost-effective \u2062shelter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In \u2063July, the city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/we-have-no-more-room-nyc-announces-new-shelter-limits-for-illegal-immigrants-5410774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that it\u200c would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-announces-potential-budget-cuts-amid-immigration-crisis\/\" title=\"NYC Mayor considers budget cuts due to immigration crisis.\">give illegal immigrants 60 days&#8217; notice<\/a> to find\u2063 alternate housing and move out of the shelters they had been provided with. &#8220;We have no more room \u2062in this city,&#8221; Mr. Adams said at the time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Hundreds of illegal immigrants seeking asylum line for Immigration Customs Enforcement appointments outside of the Jacob K. Javits Federal \u200cBuilding in New York City, on June 6, 2023. (David Dee\u2062 Delgado\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>&#8216;There Will Not Be Layoffs&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The mayor&#8217;s office said on Saturday that the administration &#8220;will\u200c seek to minimize disruption\u2064 to programs and services,\u200b and \u200cthere will not be layoffs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;For the better part of the year now, I\u200d have been clear that\u200d these costs will impact every city service,&#8221; Mr. Adams said. While I have instructed my \u200cteam to work closely with city agencies to reduce the impact that these cuts may have on New Yorkers who rely on our services, the simple truth is that long time New \u2064Yorkers and asylum seekers will feel these potential cuts, and they will hurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;We can still avoid these cuts if Washington and Albany do their \u2062part of paying their fair \u200dshare and coming up with decompression strategy that reduces the pressure on \u200dNew York City so we are \u2063not forced to manage this crisis almost entirely\u200b on our own. &#8230; This is a\u200d national crisis that requires national leadership. It&#8217;s time for our partners to join us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>New \u200dYork Gov. Kathy Hochul&#8217;s \u2062administration\u200b has already allocated $1.5 billion in state \u2064aid<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to implement budget cuts of at least 5% in all city agencies due to an illegal immigration crisis. He aims to reduce costs and ensure financial stability amidst challenging circumstances. 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