New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, has brought another milestone to the city, with border crossers and illegal immigrants outnumbering New Yorkers in homeless shelters.
According to NBC New York, the city’s homeless shelters are filled with more new arrivals and illegal immigrants than New Yorkers. latest numbers evident.
“The tipping point occurred on Sunday when 50,000 immigrants were under the care of the city, outnumbering the 49,700 local shelter residents,” NBC New York reported.
The key points are: New York City’s shelter system has effectively doubled in size, largely due to influx from Latin American countries Including Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia. [Emphasis added]
As Breitbart News reported, more than six out of 10 border crossers and illegal immigrants who arrived in New York City since last spring were in subsidized housing, including luxury hotels like the Roosevelt Hotel. and shelters earning their living from local taxpayers.
Due to the sheer volume of border crossers and illegal immigrants staying in shelters, the system’s population has grown by more than 110 percent since Adams took office. To subsidize new arrivals, Adams said New Yorkers will receive public services such as meals for the elderly and reduced library hours.
In addition to housing border crossers and illegal immigrants in New York City hotels, Adams announced He’s starting to move freshmen into old college dormitories in Manhattan’s hip Upper East Side neighborhood.
New York City taxpayers, who are already some of the nation’s top taxpayers, lose about $5 million to illegal immigration each day. Adams estimates that illegal immigration will cost New Yorkers more than $4.2 billion over the next two years.
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