NYC spends $35 million for 2 migrant hotels as border crisis festers

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NYC spends $35 million for 2 migrant hotels as border crisis festers

By Carl Campanile and Jared Downing
September 4, 2023

New York City has forked over $35 million to a pair of nonprofits to house migrants at hotels in Manhattan and Queens — part of the $5.2 billion racked up so far to navigate the growing crisis, The Post has learned.

The city’s Department of Homeless awarded $26.4 million to the Volunteers of America to aid migrants at the Paul Hotel in Midtown, and another $9.48 million to Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York, which has been hosting migrants at a Fairfield Inn in Long Island City.

Both locations are designated in the city record as a “city sanctuary facility for families with children” and are among the 200 city shelters currently housing nearly 60,000 migrants.

Mayor Eric Adams has claimed the cost to shelter and provide other services to the asylum seekers — which so far is $5.2 billion — could shatter $12 billion over three years. He has repeatedly appealed to President Biden for help, including financial assistance and expedited work permits for migrants, but to no avail.

Families congregated in front of the Paul hotel on West 29th Street Monday — with some coming as far away as Russia and Venezuela.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/04/nyc-spends-35-million-for-2-migrant-hotels/

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NYC spends $35 million for 2 migrant hotels as border crisis festers

By Carl Campanile and Jared Downing
September 4, 2023

New York City has forked over $35 million to a pair of nonprofits to house migrants at hotels in Manhattan and Queens — part of the $5.2 billion racked up so far to navigate the growing crisis, The Post has learned.

The city’s Department of Homeless awarded $26.4 million to the Volunteers of America to aid migrants at the Paul Hotel in Midtown, and another $9.48 million to Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York, which has been hosting migrants at a Fairfield Inn in Long Island City.

Both locations are designated in the city record as a “city sanctuary facility for families with children” and are among the 200 city shelters currently housing nearly 60,000 migrants.

Mayor Eric Adams has claimed the cost to shelter and provide other services to the asylum seekers — which so far is $5.2 billion — could shatter $12 billion over three years. He has repeatedly appealed to President Biden for help, including financial assistance and expedited work permits for migrants, but to no avail.

Families congregated in front of the Paul hotel on West 29th Street Monday — with some coming as far away as Russia and Venezuela.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/04/nyc-spends-35-million-for-2-migrant-hotels/

Oh good, send them some more!