New York City Mayor Eric Adams' latest in a series of demands and proposals to address the ongoing illegal migrant crisis in the Big Apple has jaws dropping all across the municipal government.
Having already sunk billions of dollars into handling all of the migrants with no end to the invasion in sight, Adams is now announcing budget cuts to most of the city's other offices and programs, along with a freeze on hiring.
He clearly knew the sort of impact this would have, telling the city that everyone "Will feel these potential cuts - and they will hurt." The Mayor continues to blame Albany and Washington for the city's woes, but only because he wants them to send more money.
Days after declaring the migrant crisis would destroy New York City, Mayor Eric Adams warned agency heads they must slash their budgets by 15 percent by next spring to compensate for increasing asylum-seeker costs.
The cuts, larger than any in recent history, are liable to generate outrage from city lawmakers, the institutional left and commissioners themselves - and appeared to double as a pressure campaign aimed at Albany and the federal government to help with the influx of more than 100,000 migrants since last year.
In a Saturday morning meeting with commissioners and budget officials, Adams indicated each agency will need to trim 5 percent from their spending by the time the Office of Management and Budget releases its next fiscal update in November.
Adams is projecting three cascading cuts of five percent each between now and next April.
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