New York City will be slashing hundreds of millions of dollars in projected spending on caring for illegal immigrants, a move that helps the city roll back an expansive budget cut for public services, New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Feb. 21.
Under a plan first unveiled by the Adams administration in the fall of 2023, all city agencies would have to shave 15 percent off their budgets in three rounds of cutbacks by this April—to offset an estimated $10 billion cost generated by providing shelter, food, medical care, and legal services for the new arrivals.
