New York City is looking to provide 14,000 hotel rooms to shelter illegal immigrants and foreign nationals over the next year. Over a three-year period, the total cost of providing shelter and services for illegal immigrants is expected to hit $5.76 billion.
The New York Post reported that the city’s Department of Homeless Services is currently looking for a contract with hotels to provide 14,000 rooms to shelter illegal immigrants at least through the end of 2025.
The Department of Homeless Services recently announced it was “seeking to continue the City Sanctuary Facility program by procuring a vendor who can assist in acquiring the use of large-scale commercial hotels and hotel management services to help address the current emergency.”
The New York Post reported that over the past three fiscal years, the city has spent over $2.3 billion on housing for illegal immigrants and foreign nationals, with a significant portion of the money being used to rent hotel rooms in New York City.
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According to The New York Post, roughly 150 hotels are currently being used to shelter illegal immigrants. Over a three-year period, the total cost of services for illegal immigrants will hit $5.76 billion. The outlet noted that the city pays $352 to house illegal immigrants each night, including $130 per night for each hotel room rental.
Nicole Gelinas, a Manhattan Institute think tank senior fellow, told The New York Post, “The taxpayers can’t pay for this indefinitely.” Gelinas suggested that since New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing a criminal indictment and the mayor’s administration is in a state of chaos, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y) “should take control” of the city’s illegal immigrant crisis.
Gelinas told The New York Post that the city should not be taking up so many hotel rooms in New York City by housing illegal immigrants instead of allowing tourists to stay at the hotels. She added, “We should stop using hotels as shelters by the end of the year.”
According to The Daily Mail, over 200,000 illegal immigrants and foreign nationals have arrived in New York City since 2022. Many of the illegal immigrants in New York City have been transported there from Republican-led states in an effort to highlight the illegal immigration crisis under the Biden-Harris administration.
