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Council Member Ayala inquires about funding for asylum seeker response help center
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Council Member Diana I. Ayala questions the administration about the funding and expenditures for the asylum seeker response help center. The discussion reveals that the center's funding comes from the state, with expenditures of about $40 million in FY24 and $49 million in FY25.
- The center has assisted more than 109,000 applications with asylum and work authorization.
- Significant savings from asylum seeker response efforts were included in both preliminary and executive plans.
- The administration indicated that savings are due to declining asylum seeker census and a decline in new entrants.
Diana I. Ayala
1:10:00
Alright.
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So regarding the asylum seeker response help center, significant savings from the asylum seeker response efforts have been included in both the preliminary and executive plans.
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This includes 2,700,000,000.0 in state funding across fiscal years twenty six to twenty nine that was reflected on as savings in the executive plan.
1:10:19
The administration indicated that the savings are due to the declining asylum speaker census and a decline in new entrants.
1:10:26
Leaving actual expenditures below what had been previously projected.
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According to a recent New York Times article, due to the lack of state funding, the city will be closing the asylum applications help center which has assisted more than 109,000 applications with asylum and work authorization.
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In addition to other legal matters.
1:10:47
Do we know what what was spent on operating the asylum application help center in fiscal year twenty four and twenty five?
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And what sources supported the center?
1:10:57
What funding sources?
Jacques Jiha
1:10:58
Yeah.
1:10:59
The funding sources is coming from the state.
1:11:01
The actual spending I would provide it.
1:11:04
I would You have it?
1:11:07
The actual Well, go ahead.
Justin Brannan
1:11:09
About about 49,000,000 in f y twenty five.
Diana I. Ayala
1:11:15
And '24?
Justin Brannan
1:11:17
Around '40.
Diana I. Ayala
1:11:20
So roughly the same.
1:11:21
There wasn't a lot there wasn't much change.
1:11:24
Roughly.
1:11:27
Is that correct?
Justin Brannan
1:11:28
Well, it's 40 versus '49.
1:11:30
So
Diana I. Ayala
1:11:31
4041?
1:11:32
Okay.
Justin Brannan
1:11:32
No.
1:11:32
It's 40 in in '24.
Diana I. Ayala
1:11:33
Oh, 48.
Justin Brannan
1:11:34
40 9 in '25.
Diana I. Ayala
1:11:36
So Okay.
1:11:36
I heard it wrong.
Justin Brannan
1:11:37
Almost 20% higher.
Diana I. Ayala
1:11:39
Great.