Q&A
Concerns over divisive statements and misinformation about immigrant costs
0:56:52
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Council Member Jumaane Williams raises concerns about divisive statements and misinformation regarding the $6 billion cost associated with migrants, questioning Commissioner Manuel Castro about efforts to address this issue with the mayor.
- Williams argues that the $6 billion would not have been spent on New Yorkers if migrants weren't present
- He expresses concern about the mayor's divisive statements and potential support for mass deportation
- Castro focuses on advocating for appropriate support from the federal government
- Williams emphasizes the need to avoid spreading misinformation that could harm people
Jumaane Williams
0:56:52
In terms of the $6,000,000,000 that you may not be able to, answer this, but the again, a part of the divisiveness is pretending that somehow if the migrants weren't here, the $6,000,000,000 would have been spent along to New Yorkers.
0:57:05
And I know that to be true because they didn't do it before, and we have always had that money.
0:57:10
So is that any kind of dialogue that you have had trying to get the mayor not to mention these divisive, frankly, lies and or misinformation that will harm people and to not make gestures that he is going to support, what Donald Trump is trying to put in place, in terms of preparing a mass deportation apparatus for in New York City.
Manuel Castro
0:57:34
So, you know, with with respect to the the the what we've spent so far in in responding to newly arrived immigrants, you know, a lot of our advocacy has been focused on making sure that, we are getting the appropriate support from the the federal government, and a lot of advocacy has gone, into that.
0:57:58
And part of the reason we continue to uplift that is so that, I think everyone's aware that, you know, that we have received very limited support from the federal government with that respect.