milestone, 100,000 migrants arriving here since last year, more than 58,000 are now in shelters. official estimate the cost to city taxpayers will skyrocket to $12 billion by 2025. in manhattan, the historic roosevelt hotel now housing asylum seekers. how long have you been here? carla from ecuador tells us she s lived here for two months with her 4-year-old daughter and just wants an opportunity to work. mayor adams is asking the federal government for expedited work permits and has repeatedly blasted the biden administration for not doing enough. the white house won t say whether it plans to declare a federal state of emergency over immigration, but does point out it s given new york city more than $100 million in aid. we take this very seriously. reporter: across the country, other major cities are also struggling with the influx. massachusetts governor just declared a state of emergency. we ve been expanding and continuing to look for housing and shelter opportunities.
blame game the mayor s blade being the governor the governors blaming the mayor they re all blaming the president. i blame the democratic party in general. you think any of them have regrets? i think they do. i think when this was 5000 people it was a cute little experiment to show how woke we are or how we converge at signal as you pointed out earlier there are 57000 people in a shelter system who are here in this country who were not here just a few months ago. there is a population larger than helena, montana. we the nearest city taxpayers are single pane for every single aspect of their life. it s a cost we cannot bear we cannot pay more than we are paying for that a fire department and the sanitation department and posterity with no end in sight. so for expecting $4 billion not just telling about getting a couple of city sarasota, florida that his new york city house with migrants, sarasota, florida bentonville arkansas, casper,