Hochul declares state of emergency amid migrant surge
Decision will speed funds to service providers; furor over transportation to other upstate counties escalates.
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Decision will speed funds to service providers; furor over transportation to other upstate counties escalates.
The declaration will allow state and local officials to more quickly distribute allocated funds for the nearly 37,000 immigrants temporarily residing in New York City, including 1,500 arrivals in just the last week.
The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, and Chairman of Capital District Latinos Dan Irizarry.
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