BUFFALO, N.Y. — Chautauqua County and Wyoming County have extended their local State of Emergency due to the migrant and asylum seeker crisis in New York State.
The orders block New York City's program to migrate unsustainable people
Both orders were initially issued on May 18, 2023 and have been extended multiple times.
The order are only active for five days during the local state of emergency, unless revised or revoked, but will not go longer than five days.
Last month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul deployed an additional 150 members of the New York National Guard in an effort to address the response to the asylum seeker and migrant crisis in the state.
The state is now able to assign 250 guard members to case management.
The governor says this deployment, along with the state's $50 million investment will help asylum seekers and migrants file the paperwork they need to be able to work in New York State.
This is in addition to the previously deployed 1,900 Guard troops called in to assist asylum seekers and migrants. Some have been assisting at shelters in New York City since last year. Hochul says it is costing the state $22 million dollar in monthly costs since deploying these troops. She detailed the costs in a letter to President Biden requesting federal assistance.
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jackie Bray said, “New York State is working hard to assist NYC with the ongoing asylum seeker crisis. Governor Hochul has been focused on finding ways to help migrants and asylum seekers in NYC’s shelters leave shelter by resourcing and advocating for pathways to work authorization and legal services. There is more to be done to ensure migrants can be self-sufficient here in New York and Governor Hochul will continue to take every action available to ensure that happens.”
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