New York City is housing illegal immigrants in 85 hotels throughout the city in an effort to combat the ongoing migrant crisis.
'The Five' panelists react to reports that some migrants are having second thoughts after fleeing New York City for Canada.on the taxpayers' dime, reaching a total of 85 Big Apple hotels to grant free rooms to migrants.
New York is continuing to hand out free stays at luxury hotels to thousands of migrants, most recently offering rooms at the three-star Wingate by Wyndham in Queens, whichThe city has take in approximately 45,600 since spring of 2022, doubling the number of people already in the city's shelters, the mayor's office said.
"As the number of asylum seekers who have moved through our intake process in the last 10 months has now surpassed the total number of people who were in the city’s shelter system when I took office, it’s clear that New York City is in dire need of more support from our federal partners," Adams said in a press release. A Manhattan Holiday Inn is another one of the city's newest luxury buildings to provide city-funded relief housing for illegal immigrants.
If the hotel reaches full capacity, it could cost the city $93,500 per day, based on the average room rate, and about $2.8 million in per month to house the illegal migrants in
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