republicans. but talking about the effect that migrants here in new york have had on the city s resources, straining them. yeah, it certainly has led to some political friction, too, kaitlan. and it s important to point out that we re going to see today here in new york city s port authority in manhattan, it s certainly not unprecedented. the governor of texas has taken the step before in sending those migrants, who have been processed along the southern border by federal authorities, who are requesting to head to the east, we ve seen this before. we saw it in august when some of these buses were arriving here in new york city. we should point out, that is just a fraction. some of these chartered buses are just a fraction of the larger number of migrants that we ve been seeing here. now closing in on nearly 60,000 in the last year. and costing the city well over $817 million. so the concern here for officials is not just the obvious political theater behind all of this, as we get rea
200 is likely to increase as we see many of them finally crossing to the u.s. and with that, concerns over the increasing price tag. officials saying migrants have cost the city 817 million, and it could reach 1 1/2 billion by the end of june. the mayor calling on his fellow democrats to do more to assist new york city in managing the situation. he is calling for actions to expedite the process for these asylum-seekers that simply want to work legally and pay their way into houses instead of relying on the homeless shelter system in new york and the mayor
increasing price tag. over the last year, city officials saying that the migrant crisis here in new york city has already cost them at least $817 million in order to care for and house these migrants. the projections are that number could potentially reach $1.4 billion by the end of june. that is why as we ve heard from last year, new york city mayor eric adams calling on his colleagues in the white house to do more to assist new york city in michigan the situation. he s calling for any potential executive action on behalf of president joe biden to expedite the application process for asylum seekers that time and time again have shared with us, they simply want to work loolly, to pay their way into housing, rather than relying on the strained shelter system here in the new york city. but the mayor calling for more expedited ways.
likely to increase and with that the cost of cari asylum seekers, including providing housing. we need to remind viewers many are stuck a year later in unemployment limbo. they cannot work on the books so the price tag has been $817 million at least and if these projections continue until the end of june, we could potentially see close to $1.5 billion. that s why there s some potential political friction here between mayor eric adams and the white house as he has really increased the pressure he s trying to put on the biden administration to respond at least officially. the mayor calling for potential solution in the form of calling for the expansion of tps protocols that could possibly include central america, venezuela. that is certainly easier said than done but also calling on some sort of executive action from the white house to perhaps expedite the work authorization for the tens of thousands of
we ll have to see exactly how fema responds to adams here. what s important is the broader backdrop. it s not lost on new york city officials that border communities are already once again noticing an uptick ahead of the removal of title 42. if the last year has taught us anything, it s that increases 2,000 miles south of here usually will translate to noticeable upticks here. when you look at these numbers, the city says it cannot handle anymore. at least 58,000 already processed by the city shelter system. of them, 36,000 at least are still in the city s care. the result is a mounting tab of about $817 million over the last year of new york city s migrant crisis and the projections, if they continue to hold, suggest the city may be out some $1.4 billion by the end of june. this is the now. the city has already applied for about $654 million in fema funding. we ll see if they get any of