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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Results and financial impact of OASO's efforts in managing the asylum seeker crisis
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Schaefer highlights the significant results and financial impact of OASO's efforts in managing the asylum seeker crisis. The office's work has led to a stabilization of the situation and substantial cost savings for the city.
- OASO's efforts, combined with federal policy changes, have contributed to 35 straight weeks of census decline in asylum seekers
- The FY '26 preliminary plan reflects savings of $1.09 billion in FY '25 and $1.34 billion in FY '26
- Total citywide asylum seeker savings amount to nearly $5.2 billion over three fiscal years
- The effectiveness of the response is demonstrated by the closure of several emergency response shelters, including the Roosevelt Hotel, which served 154,100 migrants
Molly Schaefer
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The results of our work demonstrate our success.
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Through our efforts to help asylum seekers achieve self sufficiency, together with federal policy changes that we advocated for have stabilized the crisis and contributed to thirty five straight weeks of census decline.
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The FY '26 preliminary plan reflects savings of 1,090,000,000.00 in FY '25 and 1,340,000,000.00 in FY '26.
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Bringing total citywide asylum seeker savings to nearly 5,200,000,000.0 over three fiscal years.