Exclusive | Heres how much each NY state resident will have to fork over in taxes to cover migrant crisis bill

Each of New York’s 10.7 million taxpayers would have to fork over $215 on average to foot the bill for the state’s ongoing migrant crisis, according to a new analysis.Put another way, it would take the entire tax bill paid by 328,471 New Yorkers together to cover the $2.3 billion tab to house and care for the staggering number of asylum seekers in the state.The analysis was conducted by the campaign of Gina Arena, the Republican candidate in the 40th state Senate district in the lower Hudson Valley, based on the average $7,000 state income tax bill for New Yorkers in 2022.“It’s time to wake up to what we’re doing to taxpayers,” said Arena, who is running against incumbent Democratic state Sen.Pete Harckham in a district that encompasses parts of Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties.Arena said the migrant crisis has spiraled out of control, especially in New York City, where with young gang members housed in city shelters have been marauding around the Times Square tourist district committing crimes, as reported by The Post.Much of the funds have been going to hotels being used as emergency shelters to house the asylum seekers, with the city intending to reserve up to 14,000 hotel rooms through next year.“At this point we’re paying members of Venezuelan gangs – in tax dollars – to turn Times Square into a criminal zone.

That’s how messed up New York has become under one-party progressive rule,” said Arena.“New York desperately needs a reality check.When the annual state income tax revenue from an entire state senate district isn’t enough to cover a portion of migrant housing costs, something is seriously wrong with this state,” she said.A mother of eight, including a daughter with autism, Arena said she’s an advocate for the needy, including people with disabilities.But she said New York policy makers have misplaced priorities by spending so much on the migrant crisis.“New Yorkers have enormous hearts,” she said, “but ...