QUESTION
What explains the reduced expenditure for asylum seeker response in NYC's budget?
0:35:22
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The reduced expenditure for the asylum seeker response in NYC's budget is attributed to fewer asylum seekers than forecasted and operational cost savings.
- Fewer asylum seekers in the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) led to lower than anticipated expenses.
- The census of asylum seekers is slightly lower than forecasted, impacting budgetary needs.
- Savings also resulted from the DHS taking over some hotels from the HURK system at a lower cost.
- The specific dollar amount saved from implementing shelter time limit notices cannot be broken down.
Adrienne E. Adams
0:35:22
As part of the preliminary plan, the administration has decreased the citywide planned expenditure for the asylum seeker response effort by $504,200,000 in fiscal 2024 and 1,230,000,000 in 2025.
0:35:39
A nearly 16% reduction of the expenses over the 2 fiscal years.
0:35:45
The administration has indicated that these savings were generated from a variety of actions, including the implementation of shelter time limit notices.
0:35:55
Efficiencies in her contracts, a shift of some her tracks to nonprofit providers and the recognition of current census trends.
0:36:03
Given that DHS doesn't operate any of the perks, Why are we seeing a peg of $58,900,000 in fiscal 2024 and 78,900,000 dollars in fiscal 2025 to DHS for asylum response costs.
Molly Wasow Park
0:36:18
Thank you, Speaker.
0:36:19
That peg is a reflection of really 2 things.
0:36:22
1, that there are fewer asylum seekers in the DHS system that was originally forecasted when the budget was put together.
0:36:31
That's overall that the census is a little bit still very high, but it's a little bit lower than was originally 4 past when the budget was put together as well as the balance between the HURK system and the DHS system.
0:36:45
The other piece of the savings that that we contributed to was that we took over or are in the process of taking over some hotels from the HURK system and are gonna be able to do it at lower cost.
Adrienne E. Adams
0:36:57
How much of the cost reduction is the result of shelter time limit notices?
Molly Wasow Park
0:37:02
I cannot break out the the specific dollar amount associated with that within the DHS system.
0:37:10
We are doing the 30 day time limits for single adults and adult families at this point.
0:37:15
In time, we are not currently applying time limits to families with children in the DHS system.
Adrienne E. Adams
0:37:20
That's noted.
