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Anne Spollen
Mayor Adams Announces First 5% Budget Cuts With More to Come
Get ready, New Yorkers: there are budget cuts are coming for New York City agencies, and they will likely have an impact on day-to-day life in the city. The Adams administration points to the declining COVID-19 financing and the cost of caring for tens of thousands of migrants as the reasons behind the 5% reductions.
Due to Migrant Influx, Mayor Says NYC School Parents May Have to Volunteer
The mayor held a press briefing to coincide with the criticism of his administration by Staten Island officials for suddenly ending a school safety program involving 250 recruits while the city allocates greater resources to managing the surge of asylum seekers from the southern border.
NY Migrants Reject Floyd Bennett Housing and Get Back on Bus
Soon after entering the expansive facility on Sunday, a number of immigrant families with children who had been bussed to a recently opened shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn boarded another bus and informed the city they were unhappy with their newly provided accommodations.
NYC Erupts in Protests in Schools and Streets
In support of a ceasefire in Gaza, hundreds of parents, teachers, and students from New York City's public schools staged a walkout on Thursday. Along with demanding a ceasefire, the students and faculty who left Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn also said they were demanding an end to US backing for Israel.
Number of Chinese Nationals Crossing US Border Reaches Record High
When we think of New York's current migrant crisis, the assumption is that most of the asylum seekers originate from Latin American regions. While many do, thousands of migrants are from the African nations of Senegal, Burundi, Chad, and Mauritania, among others. African migrants have been traveling by plane to Latin America as they have more lenient visa requirements. After acquiring their visas, the African asylum seekers can make the trek northward to the United States border. But there is another group mixing in with the Latin American and African migrants: Chinese nationals.
New York City's Migrants Have Their Laundry Sent Out and It Costs Millions
Because many of the shelters lack washing machines and dryers, officials claim they are forced to hire outside companies to provide laundry services for the migrants. New York City is spending millions of dollars to do the laundry of migrants housed in local shelters. According to GB News, one such contract, for $1.1 million, was given to the Queens-based CRC Management Co. to handle emergency cleaning for residents of the shelters it manages. This information was made public on Thursday by municipal records.
NYC Considering Supplying Tents to Newly Arriving Asylum Seekers
As the city prepares for the next stage of its ongoing asylum seeker crisis, New York City officials are considering giving out tents to newly arriving migrants and erecting campsite-style shelters in public parks, according to the New York Post. In an effort to deal with the constant flood of migrants into the city, Mayor Adams has been discussing possible encampments and looking for sizable outdoor areas.
NY Migrant Crisis Playing Vital Role in 2024 Election: Biden Slumping
With one year until the 2024 election, a new survey released on Tuesday found that New Yorkers are growing increasingly worried about the influx of undocumented immigrants moving into the city, and they are losing faith in President Biden.
Mayor Adams Admits NYC Taxpayers Paying for "Burden" of Migrants Not Yet Working
On Friday, Mayor Adams downplayed the appallingly slow pace at which the city's migrants are being granted work permits, attributing it to the difficulty of navigating the procedure and requesting greater help from the federal government.
Only Small Percentage of NYC Migrants Have Applied for Work
Fewer than 2,100 of the migrants in the care of New York City have requested work permits, and not a single one has received federal approval, municipal authorities acknowledged on Wednesday. At a municipal council session, authorities admitted that they still do not know with certainty how many of the more than 40,000 adult asylum seekers they are sheltering are even qualified to work in the country.
War with Hamas Creates Heightened Police Presence in NYC
The NYPD is ordering all officers to wear their full uniforms "effective immediately and until further notice" due to the daily demonstrations against the Israel-Hama war that are taking place in the city. Since the October 7 attacks on Israel, according to the department, "tensions have been rising" in New York City, and there is a "heightened threat environment." The NYPD announced the "all-out deployment" of police for an undetermined period of time.
Mayor Adams Visits Fresh Kills Park on Site of Former Staten Island Landfill
On October 15, the first section of Fresh Kills Park opened to the public. Field Operations, a landscape architecture company that also created the High Line, is creating the city park on the western tip of Staten Island. Buried beneath rolling grasslands, covered by layers of dirt, textiles, and pipelines that collect the liquids and gases created by the garbage's decomposition, are millions of tons of rubbish.
New Study by Fossella's Office Looks at Staten Island Seceding from the City
Staten Island residents have mulled it over before: should New York City's "forgotten borough" secede from the city and become independent? Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella's office is funding a new study to profile how Staten Island could function with its own local government, police force, and public school system.
Mayor Adams' Latin America Trip Criticized as Ineffective
Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, has wrapped up his four-day trip to Latin America, where he attempted to discourage migrants from coming to the United States. Adams' journey, which led him via Mexico, Ecuador, and Colombia, as well as the Darién Gap, a jungle where millions of migrants, largely from South America, used to cross the border into the United States, is now drawing criticism from both political parties.
Migrants Still in St. John Villa Academy and More Asylum Seekers on Their Way this Week
Despite a judge's order to halt the placement of migrants at a contentious facility on Staten Island, Mayor Eric Adams' administration has proceeded. According to Staten Island officials, 100 migrants are currently residing at the St. John Villa Academy. Last month, a judge's ruling prevented the city from housing asylum seekers there.
NY State Announces Solidarity with Israel
After the unexpected attack on Israel by Hamas militants early on Saturday morning, Governor Kathy Hochul ordered state landmarks to be lit in blue and white in support of Israel. Hochul delivered remarks at Temple Israel in Albany on Saturday.
Mayor Adams' Limit on Shelter Stays is Being Challenged as Inhumane
In light of the ongoing migrant crisis, a group of progressive Council members introduced a bill on Thursday that would prevent Mayor Eric Adams from reversing the city's policy granting everyone the right to refuge. The mayor recently limited stays at city-run shelters to 30 and 60 days, and his administration sent out eviction notices urging asylum seekers to either reapply for shelter or to look for alternative lodging.
NY Mayor Eric Adams Going to Central America to Meet with Asylum Seekers
According to insiders, New York City Mayor Eric Adams will visit Central America to meet with migrants during what is thought to be the most dangerous stretch of their journey. Adams will leave on Wednesday to visit Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador.
Hochul Announces NY State has Thousands of Jobs Available to Eligible Migrants
Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, has declared that the state Labor Department is offering thousands of jobs for qualified asylum applicants. Over 350 firms have 18,000 open positions that they are prepared to fill with immigrants who are eiligible for employent, according to the New York State Department of Labor.
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