$12B divided by 3 years divided by 120,000 people is a whopping $3,333 per year to shelter someone. In NYC. That’s less than a lot of people’s monthly rent. (Edit: Wrong math, see below $33k.) And while they may show up without jobs, immigrants generally want to work so they’ll pay back their support in taxes quickly enough.
Mayor Cop-Liar and Governor Could-Barely-Win-New-York-as-a-Democrat just can’t help that centrist impulse to get tough on the wrong people to save a shiny nickel.