Audit Finds Upstate Hotels Were Overpaid for Sheltering NYC’s Illegal Immigrants

Illegal immigrants who participated in a New York City shelter program sit in the front yard of a hotel in upstate New York on May 15, 2023. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

A new audit by the New York City Comptroller’s Office found that the city overpaid upstate hotels and other subcontractors by millions of dollars to shelter illegal immigrants last year.

The audit also found sizable undue commission payments to DocGo, a main city contractor responsible for running temporary shelters in the metro area at an annual cost of $432 million.