Influx of asylum-seekers set to cost NYC $600M every year: Report

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The large influx of asylum-seekers into New York City could cost the city close to hundreds of millions of dollars every year, according to a new assessment.

The city’s mayor, Eric Adams, has reported 23,800 asylum-seekers have arrived since early November, “in most cases looking to escape economic and civil unrest in their home countries — Venezuela in particular.”

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