Mayor Adams’ Statement In Response To Governor Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget

January 16, 2024

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement in response to New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget:  

“We thank Governor Hochul for recognizing all the Adams administration has done to successfully manage the asylum seeker crisis — helping more than 100,000 migrants take the next steps in their journeys. We continue to manage a national humanitarian crisis as thousands of new arrivals enter New York City every week, and we have been forced to make difficult financial decisions to balance the budget, as required by law. While we must still review the details, we appreciate the state’s continued financial support and the governor’s agreement that the federal government needs to do more. The city continues to shoulder too much of the financial responsibility as the federal government fails to step up — and costs continue to grow. We need them to do more. We will continue to stand side by side with Governor Hochul in urging the federal government to do its job and advocating for the resources that asylum seekers and longtime New Yorkers need.  

“Additionally, we agree with Governor Hochul that the only way out of our housing crisis is to build more housing. We have made or introduced nearly every change in our power to make New York a ‘City of Yes’ and ensure that working class New Yorkers can afford to raise their families in the five boroughs. With the governor’s support, we are confident that our partners in the state Legislature and City Council will also say ‘yes’ to the legislation that our city needs to address our housing crisis with the urgency New Yorkers demand.  

“Finally, Governor Hochul’s full-throated support for four years of mayoral accountability in our schools is yet another ringing endorsement of the work our administration has done and continues to do to drive test scores and enrollment up. We are leading the way in reimagining how we teach our young people fundamental skills like reading, screening every student in our public school system for dyslexia, and preparing young New Yorkers for good-paying careers in fast-growing fields.”