Dem shill babble. You beloved Democrats have had total power several times over the past half century, and didn't do any of the shyt you mentioned either.a lot of this sound like concern trolling because a lot of constituents did not want folks to get anything for "free" no matter where they were born.
the government should be doing everything it can to eradicate homelessness, poverty, hunger and drug addiction but theres a lot of people who oppose helping those people. progressive politicians have been proponents of policies and initiatives but the neoliberals nd conservatives have always steadfastly opposed them.
53 Million for NY migrants is not a lot of money but let the low vibrational morons tell you its insanely more than the amount that Americans receive in SSI/DI, Food stamps, etc
SAS is just repeating right wing talking points like the republican c00n farm pays him to
What you both (possibly intentionally) leave out is that, unless you've been disabled since pre-work age, the CITIZENS receiving these benefits have paid into the system. These illegals are literally getting FREE shyt, much of which is better than the citizens get. When have poor or homeless Americans got $9K housing vouchers, prepaid debit cards so you can buy the food YOU WANT, as opposed to taking what's offered since beggars aren't supposed to be choosers? Free rooms in hotels average people can't afford to stay in ever? We talk about kids wilin' out due to boredom and no programs, and they're taking some of the tiny resources left from them to help people who entered the country illegally and contributed zero. American homeless are getting even less help than the inadequate help that was given before. What part of the game is that? It's fukked up all around the board, but if you're not especially offended as a Black person, I have to question you. There is nothing "xenophobic" about not wanting to have the tax dollars stolen from your check going into the hands of foreign invaders, when you're still fukked up in the game. That's ridiculous.I hate the low information, low intelligence of this whole topic. Let’s get some straight. The migrant program is 53 million dollars so these migrants can buy food, formula and diapers for their family (That’s one), Secondly NYC has a 109 billion dollar budget (6 billion dollars more than projected previously) so bytching about 53 million is absolutely ridiculous and reeks of Xenophobia.
The city just wasted 109 million dollars on police overtime salaries to recapture 500,000 dollars on missed bus and train fees (That’s two)
Third, NYC has massive and I mean massive anti poverty measures for its own citizens. If you are poor the average WIC (Food stamp) payout is roughly around 980 per month (on average). You can go to college and University (CUNY and SUNY) for free.
*Side note CUNY is the biggest Social mobility school system in the country with SUNY not far behind.
With NYC tap and Pell grants you get paid to go to school. TAP refunds are game changers ( I received TAP help and can attest to this).
NYC also reduced fair metro cards for city wide travel that only cost 1.45 per ride (I was also a user of this program).
NYC also has a free certificate programs (SUNY for all) and job bank which includes resume help (for free), again I used the free resume services
^^^^ Now if you don’t want use these services that’s fine but please stop with the BS about “What about its citizens”.