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New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced his administration will cut an additional 10 percent in immigrant spending and suspend drastic budget cuts to other departments after coming under fire for giving immigrants debit cards. funded by taxpayers.
Adams said he will cut an additional 10 percent in spending on asylum seekers, bringing the total cut in migrant spending to 30 percent.
The Big Apple has been inundated by an influx of immigrants that the mayor’s office estimates will cost taxpayers $12 billion over three fiscal years.
‘When we inherited it, we were in a state of emergency. Emergency conditions cost more money. “Now we are transitioning to a stabilized state,” the mayor told WABC.
‘This is going to be here for a while. So by doing that, we can renegotiate contracts. We can consider long-term planning. We are not using this as an emergency, although we are in a state of crisis. We are treating it differently because the emergency still exists. But we are managing it differently.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that his administration will cut an additional 10 percent in migrant spending and suspend drastic cuts in other departments.
