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Williams criticizes mayor's overbudgeting and misallocation of funds for asylum seekers
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Jumaane Williams criticizes the mayor's budgeting practices, accusing him of overbudgeting for asylum seeker services and using this as a justification for cuts to other city services. He argues that this approach is misleading and detrimental to the city.
- Williams claims the mayor has consistently overbudgeted for asylum seeker services
- He states that the mayor is using these inflated numbers to justify cuts to libraries, programs, and childcare facilities
- Williams accuses the mayor of scapegoating vulnerable communities and presenting a fraudulent picture of taxpayer dollar usage
Jumaane Williams
0:16:44
To the detriment of our city and its goods and services, the mayor has continuously over budgeted for asylum seekers services and often made cuts to city goods and services based on that.
0:16:55
You'll hear him boast about saving more than $2,000,000,000 in this year's budget.
0:16:59
This is money that was allocated for asylum seekers and never properly spent, yet the mayor is still insisting that we require more state funds for these operations.
0:17:07
His tactics to scapegoat our vulnerable communities and manufacture a fraudulent picture of the use of taxpayer dollars is both regrettable and misleading.
0:17:14
This is the same overbudgeting scheme that claims the closures of libraries, crucial programs, and now childcare facilities on our newest New Yorkers.
0:17:22
In fact, we should be blaming the mayor.