Adams Retracts Budget Cuts, But Continues Scapegoating Asylum Seekers

Adams Retracts Budget Cuts, But Continues Scapegoating Asylum Seekers

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com New York, NY—On February 21, NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced the cancellation of the Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG) for city agencies. Despite a budget surplus, Mayor Adams also announced an additional 10% cut to city-funded asylum seeker costs. Also Read: NYC Migrant Spending Further Cut […]

NYC Migrant Spending Further Cut to Spare Other City Services, Mayor Adams Says

NYC Migrant Spending Further Cut to Spare Other City Services, Mayor Adams Says

By Charles Lane and Jessica Gould | February 21, 2024 | Gothamist New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday that he was canceling an expected third round of agency spending cuts and allowing agencies to restart some hiring — a move he said was possible due to higher-than-anticipated tax revenues and additional cuts to migrant-related spending. […]

Adams Keeps Blaming Washington for Budget Woes Amid His Own Troubles

Adams Keeps Blaming Washington for Budget Woes Amid His Own Troubles

By Jeff Coltin | November 21, 2023 NEW YORK — For more than a year, Mayor Eric Adams has been demanding financial support from the federal government to pay for migrants in the city’s care. A federal investigation into the mayor’s fundraising — unrelated to the crisis of housing migrants — hasn’t changed his attacks on […]