NYC migrants

The case against Mayor Adams of NYC is a case study in how politics works. He was sailing along until he complained that President Biden was not doing enough to stop the inflow of illegal migrants into the city. This resulted in a federal court charging him with crimes of accepting money from Turkey which he used to help finance his reelection. The incoming Trump Justice Department then dropped the charges against Adams. This allowed him to continue his objections to protecting migrants by changing the cities sanctuary status. This was stopped by the city council who wanted to continue to fund and protect migrants. Once he was pardoned, he renewed his campaign to remove migrants and several attorneys resigned in protest. The city has spent $3 billion and expected to spend $5 billion in 2025 taking care of migrants many of whom are living in expensive New York hotels. The money includes $3 billion from the state. New York State is currently $180 billion in debt up from $64 billion at the end of 2023. The Comptroller estimates that 77% of asylum seekers are sheltered in hotels with the city leasing 15,750 rooms at a cost of $332 per day per person. This is total cost which included $165 for hotels. In April 2024, the Coalition for the Homeless estimated that more than 350,000 people were experiencing homelessness in New York City. As this information becomes public many people are starting to demand that something be done about the migrants. Those wanting to maintain sanctuary city status may be altruistic in their desire to help migrants or as some suspect part of the money is not going to help migrants.