NYC Shelter Population Surpasses Record-Breaking 100K — 50K Migrants — as Ongoing Crisis Continues to Mount; NYC Makes History as Illegal Immigrants Outnumber Locals in Shelters

NYC shelter population surpasses record-breaking 100K — 50K migrants — as ongoing crisis continues to mount:

Recent migrant arrivals now account for more than half of the record 100,000 people receiving care and shelter through the Big Apple’s scandal-scarred social safety net, as municipal agencies struggle to keep pace with demand, City Hall said Thursday.

The staggering new figures announced this week come as Mayor Eric Adams and city lawmakers struck a $107 billion budget deal that was balanced — in part — by pushing ahead with controversial budget cuts at the Department of Homeless Services, which has been tasked with handling much of the response.

“With more than 50,000 migrants still currently in our care, at this point, we have reached the tipping point and we are now caring for more asylum seekers than long-time New Yorkers experiencing homelessness,” said City Hall Press Secretary Fabien Levy.

“New York City continues to do more than any other city or level of government to address this national crisis, and we will continue to do our part,” he added, “but, as we’ve been saying since last year, we are in serious need of support from other cities, the state, and the federal government.”

The statistics are staggering. More than 100,000 people are either housed in New York’s shelter system — which has dramatically expanded in size with 166 emergency facilities opened, mostly in hotels, around the city — or in the public hospital system’s 11 mega-sites at a cost of $8 million a day. —>READ MORE HERE

NYC Makes History as Illegal Immigrants Outnumber Locals in Shelters:

You have to hand it to New York. I mean under the aegis of pioneers like Kathy Hochul and Eric Adams, New York is on track to completely annihilate itself with the possible exception of some precincts upstate and maybe some areas closer to Pennsylvania. For the most part, New York and its largest city seemed to be engaged in the age-old classic game of “Stop Hitting Yourself.”

But in this case, no one is forcing New York to punch itself in the face. It’s doing so of its own volition. And while I thank God every night that I do not live in New York, I also have to admire the commitment the governor and mayor have made to their kamikaze style of governance. Sure, they’re doomed, but they’re all in. You just don’t see that kind of dedication anymore. You have to respect that in a Dali-esque, William Burroughs, Marx Brothers kind of way.

NYC has come to an important moment in its history. For the first time, illegal immigrants outnumber actual residents in the city’s homeless shelters. No matter how much the Left will try to convince you that everything is cupcakes and balloons (much like Kevin Bacon in the parade scene at the climax of Animal House), New York City is overrun and overwhelmed but is still enjoying the view from high atop a pole on its own petard by which it has hoisted itself.

From NBC New York:

The tipping point took place Sunday, when 50,000 migrants were in the City’s care, outnumbering the 49,700 local shelter residents….

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