ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday proposed a $233 billion budget that would include about $2.4 billion for the migrant crisis, vowing not to raise taxes but declaring that the state “must support the City of New York in this moment.” The governor continued her calls for more federal support to assist with the asylum seeker surge — saying that she would visit Washington, D.C., on Friday .
“Instead of 100,000 migrants by mid-2024, we expect to care for 80,000 by June and 90,000 by the end of the year,” Mayor Eric Adams said while unveiling his budget Tuesday, saying a combination of strict limits on immigrant shelter stays and “reticketing” efforts to move immigrants to locations outside the city helped drive that estimate down.
In Tuesday’s roughly one-hour-long remarks, Hochul made it clear she’s not an idealistic progressive nor a government-shrinking conservative.
She is very much at home in the middle.