The $12 billion migrant crisis has touched nearly every facet of municipal government over the past year, and the city even turned to the arts to help, City Hall’s annual report shows.
As officials scrambled to respond to thousands of unexpected waves of arrivals that had to rely on the Big Apple for lodging and other services, lodging costs reached the stratosphere and caused a surge in applications for the city’s municipal IDNYC cards. Big Apple, according to the extensive 520-page report, published Friday night.
The city was so desperate for help that it even enlisted the arm of the mayor’s Arts Materials office, which funds museums and other institutions, to distribute clothing to shelters, according to the report that summarized city services. during fiscal year 2023. .
“This year, in addition to housing teaching artists, the MFTA served as a crucial resource for asylum seekers, providing clothing and supplies that shelters desperately needed,” the Department of Cultural Affairs wrote in its section of the annual report.
The number of families relying on the scandal-hit Department of Homeless Services for shelter increased by 50 percent last year, rising from 8,500 families to more than 12,700.
During the reporting period, which spanned July 2022 to June 2023, the total number of people in DHS shelters increased to 66,195 from 45,563 the previous year.
The $12 billion immigration crisis has affected nearly every facet of municipal government over the past year; The city has even turned to the arts to collaborate, the City Council’s annual report shows. Aristide Economopoulos
As officials scrambled to respond to the thousands of new immigrants relying on the Big Apple for housing and other services, housing costs reached the stratosphere and led to a surge in applications for municipal IDNYC cards.Paul Martinka
The city was so desperate for help that it even enlisted the arm of the mayor’s Arts Materials office, which funds museums and other institutions.Paul Martinka
“Without the new asylum seeker population, the overall census would have been approximately 10 percent higher than just before the start of the asylum seeker influx in April 2022,” DHS wrote.
The cost of renting all hotel rooms also influenced the MMR, as the average expense to house a family with children in 2023 jumped to $232.40, up from $188.20 in 2022.
The pressure on the shelter system manifested itself in other ways: the number of requests for interpreters almost doubled in just one year, from 47,504 to 84,020.
The Human Resources Administration, the city’s social services arm, reported that the percentage of New Yorkers who managed to divert from the shelter system fell slightly from 8.1% to 7.6% due to the influx of immigrants, who are eligible for fewer services.
Meanwhile, applications for the Big Apple ID program, created to provide a form of identification to anyone without a driver’s license regardless of their immigration status, increased 14 percent, from 168,000 in 2022 to 192,000 in 2023.
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