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President Biden won’t cough up major federal assistance to help New York City address the migrant crisis until after the 2024 presidential election, a prominent lawyer with close ties to Mayor Eric Adams’ camp claimed Wednesday.
Criminal defense attorney Arthur Aidala, appearing on the 770 WABC’s “Sid & Friends in the Morning” radio show, said a City Hall official relayed to him that the White House told Adams to suck it up until Biden is re-elected.
“I don’t think I’m betraying any confidences… They were on their hands and knees behind closed doors begging,” said Aidala, who is particularly close to Adams’ confidante and former chief of staff Frank Carone.
“And basically the word they got back was, `Hang on for a year. If Biden gets re-elected, he will cut you a check for a lot of money. But we’re not doing it until after the presidential election,,'” said Aidala.
“They’re going to Albany asking for help. They’re going to DC asking for help. They get bupkus.”
Adams on Wednesday said the city’s costs to aid the migrants could swell to $12 billion over three years
The city has opened 194 sites, including 13 humanitarian relief centers — which are operated by the public hospital system — to accommodate the asylum-seekers.
Nearly 100,000 migrants, including 57,300 currently in the shelter system, have been processed in the Big Apple.
Meanwhile, Aidala said a high ranking City Hall official told him the city is struggling to even find enough contractors to run the growing number of emergency migrant facilities.
“I was with a very high ranking official yesterday from City Hall, who spoke genuinely to me and said, `We’re at wit’s end. The issue is not just finding places for these people. But when we find places for people we can’t find anyone to run the thing,'” Aidala said.
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It's like if you are at a swimming pool - and someone pisses in it.
Big deal... It's a huge pool. But if everyone starts pissing, every hour, every day - pretty soon the pool is going to be a hazardous, disgusting place...
NYC is that pool... and it's getting pretty gross, slowly but surely...


I'm going to laugh like hell when big companies start moving out of NYC because of the same progressive policies they've so proudly supported for years. There's only so much shit (literally, shit on the sidewalk) that employees will put up with before they seek employment elsewhere.
A friend of mine works in the north Bronx, and it's not bad there (yet). They offered her a promotion with a large salary increase, but it would have required her to be in Manhattan a couple days a week. She told them to pound sand. Now she's looking to move to NJ. In her field (healthcare) it won't be a problem, and she's got very sought-after qualifications. Next step for her will be a C-level position but she won't do it in New York regardless of salary or resume enhancement.
It's only a matter of time before it becomes impossible to do business in NYC.