NYC's soaring costs for asylum-seekers to top $12B by June 2025

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Wednesday August 9, 2023 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [NYC’s soaring costs for asylum-seekers now projected to top $12 billion by June 2025]( [Photo of Mayor Eric Adams]( [Mayor Eric Adams, who said ‘this is the budgetary reality’ the city faces, called for more state and federal support.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [Howard Redmond pleads guilty in court on Wednesday to to six charges related to his attempts to obstruct an investigation into de Blasio’s alleged misuse of the detail.]( [Former de Blasio NYPD security head pleads guilty in obstruction investigation]( [Assistant District Attorney Samantha Dworken said in court that the conviction would remind New York City's public officials that “no one is above the law.”]( [A hand turns a door key.]( [NYC agrees to limit how many homeless families it sends to Newark through voucher program]( [The two cities reached an agreement over the controversial program, which Newark leaders alleged often left tenants in substandard or even illegal housing]( [A photo of an abandoned Rockaway Beach this week after an apparent shark attack]( [Rockaway Beach reopens after woman hospitalized from shark bite]( [Fire officials did not have an update on the woman's condition.]( [Dessert Maki Sushi - Chocolate Roll with Various Fruit and Cream Cheese inside. Pancake outside. Served with Chocolate Crumb]( [Extra Extra: NYC's expensive sushi restaurants slow their roll]( [Because your expensive sushi doesn't make you special anymore, here are your afternoon links: the Concorde is getting a face lift, Apple's latest change, new McFlurry flavor just dropped and more from around the city and internet.]( [Correction Department bus parked in front of New York City Criminal Court.]( [City’s own Rikers watchdog now wants the jails taken over by feds]( [Watchdogs say officials are “attempting to shroud the jails in impenetrable darkness.”]( [A man throws a stone at a government car during a protest against insecurity, on Aug. 7, 2023, near the Prime Minister's official house in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.]( [Unrest presents challenges for NYC's Haitian community hoping to offer support]( [Haitian communities of New York City have been struggling to help the people of Haiti because of limited travel and instability.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.