New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting the city’s effort to suspend a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to homeless people, as a large influx of migrants overwhelms the city’s shelter system.
Hochul endorsed the New York City’s challenge to the requirement in a court filing this week, telling reporters Thursday that the mandate was never meant to apply to an international humanitarian crisis.
The city has for months sought to roll back the so-called right to shelter rule following the arrival of more than 120,000 migrants since last year. Many of the migrants have arrived without housing or jobs, forcing the city to erect emergency shelters and provide various government services, with an estimated cost of $12 billion over the next few years.
$12B divided by 3 years divided by 120,000 people is a whopping $3,333 per year to shelter someone. In NYC. That’s less than a lot of people’s monthly rent.(Edit: Wrong math, see below $33k.) And while they may show up without jobs, immigrants generally want to work so they’ll pay back their support in taxes quickly enough.Mayor Cop-Liar and Governor Could-Barely-Win-New-York-as-a-Democrat just can’t help that centrist impulse to get tough on the wrong people to save a shiny nickel.
That math sounded wrong to me, so I ran it.
Twelve billion is a 12 with 9 zeros after it. Lop off 4 from the 120,000 leaves you with 5 zeros, and the twelves cancel, so 100,000 per person. Divided by 3 is $33,333 per person per year.
So, yeah, your math didn’t math I’m afraid. Probably still a good bit cheaper than most people’s rent in NYC, but still very expensive.
Yeah, you’re right, I missed a decimal point. $33k is cheap for NYC, but a much more significant cost.