LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – New York city is set to pay over $1,000,000,000 on just hotel rent to house illegal immigrants over the next three years.
This disclosure was made by a Political analyst, @CollinRugg via the X platform.
The post read, “New York City is gearing up to pay over $1,000,000,000 on just hotels over the next three years to house illegal immigrants.
“Good! That’s what happens when you call yourself a “Sanctuary City.”
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“But that’s just the hotel costs. NYC Mayor Eric Adams estimates the total cost of the migrant crisis will be about $12B over the next 3 years.
“We are past our breaking point,” he said. “With more than 57,300 individuals currently in our care on an average night, it amounts to $9.8 million a day. Almost $300 million a month and nearly $3.6 billion a year.
“Residents in NYC have had enough,” he added.
More than 59,900 migrants are staying in the city’s homeless shelters as of this month, Anne Williams-Isom, the deputy mayor for health and human services, disclosed this week.
According to Officials, about 112,800 people are staying in homeless shelters across New York City.