NYC Taxpayers Overcharged Millions In Emergency No-Bid Contracts For Illegal Immigrant Services

An audit indicates New York taxpayers are being fleeced for millions in no-bid contracts under emergency powers to deal with the illegal immigration crisis.
NYC Taxpayers Overcharged Millions In Emergency No-Bid Contracts For Illegal Immigrant Services
Hundreds of illegal immigrants sleep outside as they wait for placement at the Roosevelt Hotel intake center in New York on Aug. 1, 2023. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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An audit reveals that New York taxpayers are being overcharged millions of dollars for non-competitive contracts awarded by Mayor Eric Adams’s administration to for-profit companies to provide services to illegal immigrants.

The NYC Comptroller’s Office said in a Feb. 27 report that no-bid contracts inked under emergency powers led vendors to charge “exorbitant rates” to staff shelters for illegal immigrants, leaving taxpayers to foot bills that would, under a more cost-effective approach, be much lower.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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