New York received more than 150,000 migrants

City of NY he received more than 150,000 migrants since April last year, the spokeswoman of the mayor Eric Adams confirmed for EFE.

The wave, mostly Venezuelans (although in recent months many young people have arrived from Africa) is constant, with in between 2,000 and up to 3,000 people who come in one week.

The city is currently responsible for 67,600 migrants, to whom they provide accommodation, meals and other services.

According to the mayor, the situation has caused a fiscal crisis that will lead him to spend 12 billion dollars treasury until 2025, which is why he ordered spending cuts.

In total, according to data from the Mayor’s Office, the City has more than 122,500 peoplewhich includes newcomers and homeless New Yorkers, as a 42-year-old court order forces New York to provide shelter to anyone who requests it.

Because of this, the city had to rent hotels as shelters, erect tents and locate them in other locations. In total, according to the mayor’s spokesman, as of Friday the authorities have 214 places to accommodate migrants, including 18 centers for humanitarian aid.

The first groups of people that Republican Governor Greg Abbott sent to Democratic states in response to the immigration policy of the US President’s administration have arrived from Texas. Joe Biden.

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis joined Abbott’s initiative.

Many other migrants arrived on their own, attributed to the court’s right to shelter order, which the mayor has sought to overturn amid the fiscal crisis and is currently being contested in federal court.

Adams and the governor of the state of New York, a Democrat Kathy Hochulthey asked Biden for financial help to deal with the city’s fiscal crisis, which has not happened before.

The mayor has asked municipal agencies to submit a plan to cut spending, which has been widely criticized by activists.