New York Governor Wants U.S. Taxpayers To Pay for Housing, Health Care, and Legal Services for Tens of Thousands of Asylum-Seekers
New York state taxpayers are now expected to have to shell out $4.5 billion caring for the tens of thousands of asylum-seekers who have made their way to the state, a figure that is on top of the billions being spent by New York City hosting and housing the newcomers.
The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, joined the growing number of state-level Democratic lawmakers demanding that President Biden help the state defray the skyrocketing costs associated with housing and caring for migrants allowed into the country via America’s southern border.
In a letter to Mr. Biden Thursday, Ms. Hochul asked that work permits for the tens of thousands of migrants who have made their way to New York recently be expedited and that financial assistance be provided to the state to help it cope with the crisis. Ms. Hochul wants American taxpayers to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for legal services, health care, housing assistance, transportation, and education for the newcomers.
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