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.