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Asylum‑seeker Costs and Help‑center Closure Spark Questions About State Reimbursements
Summary
Council members probed OMB about asylum‑seeker spending, the planned closure of the asylum application help center funded by the state, and slow state reimbursement; OMB and the Comptroller said cumbersome state processes have delayed claims.
Council members pressed the administration over asylum‑seeker response funding, the closure of the state‑funded asylum application help center and delays in state reimbursements.
The hearing featured detailed exchanges about the scale of asylum‑related spending. Jacques Shishaha, director of the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, told the committee that the city has been caring for more than 38,000 asylum seekers at a monthly cost of approximately $200,000,000 and that total estimated city spending since July 2022 was about $7.7 billion. Comptroller Brad…
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