Migrant spending latest victim of NYC budget cuts

Plus: NJ attorney general charges Clark Township mayor with corruption. [FORWARD TO A FRIEND]( [VIEW IN BROWSER]( [DONATE]( [WNYC Politics Brief] [Citing unsustainable expenses, Adams administration orders 20% cut in migrant spending]( Mayor Eric Adams ordered a dramatic 20% slash in spending on migrants on Monday intended to bring down daily costs as well as the number of days that asylum-seekers spend in city shelters. “The city cannot sustain asylum seeker care expenses at current levels and, at the same time, maintain city services and keep the city safe and clean,” Jacques Jiha, the city’s budget director, wrote Monday in a letter to city agency heads obtained by Gothamist. The cuts would apply to both the current 2024 fiscal year budget and the following year. The administration is budgeted to spend more than $6 billion on migrants across the next two years, according to the latest budget figures. [Read more about the cuts to migrant spending.]( The news comes after the mayor’s office on Thursday announced a wide array of cuts that would significantly erode essential services for many New Yorkers, including libraries, summer school, policing and sanitation. [Read more about the city's budget.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗳️ --------------------------------------------------------------- More politics stories to know this week NJ attorney general report uncovers corruption, racism among Clark Township officials The longtime mayor of the township is now facing public corruption charges for running a landscaping company out of town hall. Two top police officers were also recommended for firing after an investigation found rampant racism, sexism and poor professional practices in the Clark police department. [Read more.]( Brooklyn woman sues NYS Sen. Kevin Parker for rape under Adult Survivors Act The civil suit accuses Parker of a 2004 sexual assault, a lawsuit made possible by the Adult Survivors Act which Parker voted in favor of twice. [Read more.]( NJ Republicans make sense of losses The political party lost several seats in the General Assembly even though many political analysts predicted that the GOP had a shot at a majority in a state house for the first time since 1999. [Read more.]( Bill O'Dea, NJ county legislator, kicks off Jersey City mayoral campaign The longtime commissioner in New Jersey's Hudson County has officially entered the race to become Jersey City’s next mayor. The competition for 2025 has already begun to heat up with a former scandal-ridden governor attempting a comeback bid. [Read more.]( Rep. George Santos faces another expulsion from Congress following scathing ethics committee report Last week, the House Committee on Ethics released a damning report following a months-long investigation into Rep. George Santos which showed the lawmaker used campaign funds on things like [botox and at Hermes](. He now faces expulsion from Congress for a third time. [Read more.]( Millions of convictions in NY to be automatically sealed under new law Dubbed the “Clean Slate” law, the new legislation will make it so millions of criminal convictions are automatically sealed as a way to break the cycle of incarceration. [Read more.]( Tammy Murphy, NJ’s first lady, running for U.S. Senate Murphy announced her 2024 run for Senate on Wednesday as she seeks to unseat Bob Menendez, who is accused in a federal indictment of bribery and corruption. Murphy has already received endorsements from some of the state’s powerful Democratic county organization leaders. [Read more.]( Who’s paying for Mayor Adams’ legal fees as the feds looks into his campaign finances? “It's going to be a combination of out-of-pocket with me or whatever the law allows me to do,” Adams said of how he’ll cover some of his legal fees related to an apparent federal corruption investigation into his campaign that is reportedly linked to illegal donations from Turkish officials. [Read more.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗳️ --------------------------------------------------------------- [the logo for the Brian Lehrer daily politics podcast]( [Is the GOP Running Out of 'Patience Juice?']( A former GOP Congressman who served on the Jan. 6 Select Committee, provides analysis on recent right wing movements, from the Tea Party to Trump. [LISTEN]( Support WNYC + Gothamist Make a donation to support local, independent journalism. Your contributions are our largest source of funding and pays for essential political coverage and more. [DONATE]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [WNYC]( [WQXR]( [NJPR]( [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. 160 Varick Street, 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