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Total spending and claiming of funds for asylum seeker response

1:16:15

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43 sec

Council Member Ayala asks for clarification on the total amount spent and claimed from the state allocation for asylum seeker response. Director Jiha provides detailed figures and explains the current status of spending and claiming.

  • Jiha clarifies that the state directly allocated $2.6 billion to the city, not $4.3 billion
  • The city has already spent $7.9 billion on asylum seeker response as of the current month
  • Of the state allocation, the city has claimed $1.25 billion so far
  • The city is in the process of submitting more claims to the state for reimbursement
  • Jiha emphasizes that the money has already been spent, and it's now a matter of claiming the reimbursement
Diana I. Ayala
1:16:15
So could you just repeat?
1:16:18
How what how was what was the the amount spent today of the 4.3?
Jacques Jiha
1:16:23
No.
1:16:23
They didn't give us 4.3.
1:16:25
They as I said to you directly, they gave us 2.6.
Diana I. Ayala
1:16:28
2 point 6.
Jacques Jiha
1:16:28
Okay.
1:16:31
The money is already spent.
1:16:32
Okay?
Diana I. Ayala
1:16:33
It's already spent.
Jacques Jiha
1:16:33
Already spent.
1:16:34
We spent $7,700,000,000 as of last month.
1:16:37
And if you include this month, at the $200,000,000, you're talking about $7,900,000,000.
Diana I. Ayala
1:16:43
Okay.
Jacques Jiha
1:16:43
That's we did not plan on spending.
Diana I. Ayala
1:16:46
No.
1:16:46
I understand.
Jacques Jiha
1:16:47
Okay.
1:16:47
It's already spent.
1:16:48
It's just a question of claiming the money.
1:16:51
We've claimed so far $1,250,000,000 and we're in the process of submitting more claims to them.
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