QUESTION
What is the amount of new state asylum seeker funding in the governor's budget?
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The governor's budget includes approximately $1.1 billion for new state asylum seeker funding for the city.
- About $1.1 billion is allocated in the new budget commitment for asylum seeker funding.
- The city initially expected to receive $1.5 billion from the state, leading to a shortfall.
- There is currently a $400 million shortfall in funding that needs to be addressed.
- The NYC Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is working to backfill the funding gap.
Justin L. Brannan
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How much new state asylum seeker funding for the city is in the governor's budget?
Jacques Jiha
0:54:12
In terms of In terms of the new commitment, it's about $1,100,000,000 about.
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We are assuming in our our plan that would be getting $1,500,000,000 from the state.
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And in reality, we've got 1.1.
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So therefore, we have a short of about $400,000,000 right now that we have to backfill.