NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday night blamed the federal government for his need to cut billions of dollars in city programs — including from police, fire and sanitation — because of a surge in costs to pay for new migrants.

“DC has abandoned us, and they need to be paying their cost to this national problem,” Adams said during a town hall in Brooklyn.

The city has been overwhelmed by more than 125,000 migrants since last year, including about half still in its care. The problem has meant funding tent facilities and paying for hotel stays across the five boroughs, crippling the city’s finances.

As a result, the city last week announced a slew of cuts to services, such as getting rid of some public garbage cans, lessening aid to libraries and eliminating new classes of police officers.

Speaking to Coney Island residents with more than three dozen city officials and elected officials at a dais behind him, the Democratic mayor continued to place blame on the federal government for the city’s ballooning migrant costs, specifically pointing out the inability of migrants to obtain legal work permits.

“This is unfair what we're doing to migrant asylum seekers, and it's unfair what we're doing to everyday taxpayers,” Adams said.

The battle with Washington has put Adams on the outs with the White House and President Joe Biden, with whom

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‘Don’t yell at me, yell at DC': Adams blames NYC budget crisis on feds

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21.11.2023

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday night blamed the federal government for his need to cut billions of dollars in city programs — including from police, fire and sanitation — because of a surge in costs to pay for new migrants.

“DC has abandoned us, and they need to be paying their cost to this national problem,” Adams said........

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