On “Tin Cup Day,” Mayor Eric Adams begged the state for another $1.1 billion in migrant crisis aid after Gov. Kathy Hochul declined to allocate any new funding for the influx in her budget proposal last month.
Hizzoner, during his Feb. 4 testimony before state lawmakers for “Tin Cup Day” (an annual convergence of local officials from around the state who come to Albany to lobby for their priorities), said the city has already spent close to $7 billion on housing and otherwise providing for over 200,000 new arrivals for nearly three years. He added that his administration anticipates spending “billions more in the years to come.”
