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The Big Apple could be on the hook for more than $300 million per year to provide shelter space in hotels
for newly arrived migrants, a Post analysis shows.
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month in response to the influx from the southern border, which quickly overwhelmed the already-strained
homeless shelter system. 132,495

One of the largest operations is planned for the ROW NYC hotel on 8th Avenue in Midtown, where
officials are looking to rent as many as 600 rooms and provide intake and other services for the recent
arrivals.

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According to an analysis, it could cost New York City $300 million per year to provide shelter for newly arrived migrants in
hotels.
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City officials are planning to rent about 600 rooms for migrants.
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“Providing these services will clearly be a significant costs that will require city officials to either shift
funding from other programs or identify savings,” said Ana Champeny, the top researcher at the Citizens
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Officials estimated Monday that more than 6,000 migrants from the southern border have arrived in New
York City since the surge began in May — and said the number had jumped by as many as 2,000 in just
the last few weeks.

The estimated number of migrants in the Big Apple only covers those who’ve entered the city’s shelter
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“We have a legal and moral obligation to welcome families
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department of rooklyn), who chairs the budget committee. “The city
homeless services doesn’t have to foot the bill for Ghoul Abbott’s political
theater.”
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famed luxury Times Square
hotel Brannan added that the city would likely be able to receive
substantial support for the costs from the Federal Emergency
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Take the money and run! The Post’s analysis comes as City Hall has repeatedly
Migrants use charity cash to flee refused to provide a projection for how much it may cost to
NYC when they can’t get into house and provide services to the recent arrivals.
shelter

Hizzoner has publicly asked for aid from federal authorities,

Adams quietly seeks rush NYC
shelter for migrants shipped but City Hall has yet to provide details about the Big Apple’s
from border: docs request for assistance.

City Hall declined to comment on the Post’s cost analysis.

The new expense comes as Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council continue to duke it out over cuts of
$1 billion to the Department of Education , which were contained in the $101 billion municipal budget that
passed — with little controversy at the time — in June.

Additional reporting by Bernadette Hogan

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