migrants

The debate is playing out in state budget negotiations. Gov. Hochul is proposing spending $2.4 billion to help house and feed some of the over 160,000 migrants who have entered New York during the past year.

But Beth Broadway would prefer the federal government address immigration holistically, rather than piecemeal.

Hochul says her administration has been working with the Biden Administration on implementing a program granting Temporary Protected Status to thousands of Venezuelan migrants.

They’ll be helping to process work permits for Venezuelan asylum-seekers who recently were granted the right to apply for jobs in the next 30 days.

She says she discussed options with legislative leaders.

CNY workplace justice advocates say the crisis is exacerbating existing challenges to expedite work authorizations for asylum seekers

The Siena College poll finds that 82 percent of New Yorkers are concerned about the state’s migrant crisis, which they view as a “serious” problem.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday that she has finally made some headway in getting the administration of President Joe Biden to help New York with its migrant crisis.

Governor Hochul has for months asked her political ally, President Joe Biden, and his administration to waive a six-month waiting period before the tens of thousands of asylum-seekers entering New York are allowed to seek jobs. Biden has so far not agreed.

New York City has for months been struggling to house and feed the influx of migrant asylum-seekers from the southern border. Some have been bused to hotels upstate.