State Spending

The State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2027 Enacted Budget Financial Plan indicates the State plans to spend $3.9 billion between SFY 2023 through SFY 2027 for emergency spending related to people seeking asylum in the United States. The FY 2027 Enacted Budget provides no new appropriations for asylum seeker assistance, instead relying on the expenditure of previously allocated funds to support New York City’s ongoing humanitarian response.

Emergency spending for asylum seekers totaled $2.71 billion through August 31, 2026.

Figure 1 – State Spending by Agency
(through month ending)

Figure 1 Data Table

Date	Office of Temporary and  Disability Assistance	Division of Military and  Naval Affairs	Office of General Services	All Other	Total
June 30, 2023	$0	$5,597,788	$2,405	$34,727	$5,634,920
July 31, 2023	$256,412,495	$27,626,470	$628,405	$137,686	$284,805,056
August 31, 2023	$256,412,495	$45,461,208	$632,288	$139,181	$302,645,172
September 30, 2023	$256,412,495	$57,339,473	$1,782,974	$660,997	$316,195,939
October 31, 2023	$256,414,436	$71,688,334	$10,060,108	$699,752	$338,862,630
November 30, 2023	$256,423,811	$86,439,265	$13,436,390	$10,799,990	$367,099,456
December 31, 2023	$256,436,442	$102,815,040	$15,695,140	$10,803,290	$385,749,912
January 31, 2024	$506,453,622	$126,595,064	$17,932,334	$11,045,505	$662,026,525
February 29, 2024	$506,453,622	$144,417,746	$21,404,595	$16,957,541	$689,233,504
March 31, 2024	$508,063,466	$163,484,468	$24,174,390	$17,295,632	$713,017,956
April 30, 2024	$509,493,336	$181,396,808	$26,932,173	$17,321,070	$735,143,387
May 31, 2024	$759,901,411	$201,222,256	$29,672,494	$17,361,666	$1,008,157,828
June 30, 2024	$761,143,229	$219,290,449	$32,411,484	$17,477,042	$1,030,322,204
July 31, 2024	$762,685,383	$244,743,080	$35,150,384	$17,569,854	$1,060,148,702
August 31, 2024	$764,004,327	$260,232,297	$35,228,999	$17,625,744	$1,077,091,368
September 30, 2024	$1,014,482,368	$275,419,507	$41,215,330	$17,694,839	$1,348,812,044
October 31, 2024	$1,017,815,247	$288,205,526	$44,026,680	$17,761,811	$1,367,809,264
November 30, 2024	$1,018,957,995	$297,249,387	$46,915,315	$17,766,643	$1,380,889,340
December 31, 2024	$1,019,885,635	$307,482,377	$49,721,556	$17,977,803	$1,395,067,371
January 31, 2025	$1,271,042,848	$313,087,888	$49,869,804	$21,197,776	$1,655,198,316
February 28, 2025	$1,272,388,348	$315,502,615	$51,866,769	$21,217,258	$1,660,974,990
March 31, 2025	$1,273,761,602	$316,467,014	$52,240,934	$21,312,393	$1,663,781,944
April 30, 2025	$1,273,919,502	$316,879,285	$52,240,934	$21,312,393	$1,664,352,114
May 31, 2025	$1,277,187,676	$316,942,426	$52,397,758	$30,151,291	$1,676,679,151
June 30, 2025	$1,277,659,846	$316,335,626	$52,470,208	$34,559,692	$1,681,025,372
July 31, 2025	$1,278,907,423	$316,335,696	$52,474,941	$40,485,606	$1,688,203,666
August 31, 2025	$1,279,990,544	$316,335,696	$52,523,489	$45,462,864	$1,694,312,592
September 30, 2025	$1,281,044,932	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$68,288,960	$1,717,970,994
October 31, 2025	$1,282,468,302	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$72,283,603	$1,723,389,007
November 30, 2025	$2,141,734,777	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$74,492,377	$2,584,864,256
December 31, 2025	$2,142,320,571	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$102,879,080	$2,613,836,753
January 31, 2026	$2,142,751,624	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$107,381,223	$2,618,769,949
February 28, 2026	$2,161,140,412	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$113,820,906	$2,643,598,420
March 31, 2026	$2,161,564,930	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$117,674,424	$2,647,876,455
June 30, 2026	$2,163,266,306	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$143,245,523	$2,675,148,931
July 31, 2026	$2,163,847,457	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$147,198,466	$2,679,683,024
August 31, 2026	$2,164,095,717	$316,335,696	$52,301,406	$173,527,820	$2,706,260,639

Note: Spending from April 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026.

Figure 2 – State Spending by Activity 
(through month ending)

Figure 2 Data Table

Activity	State Spending
Housing	$2,156,302,647
Emergency Response Coordination	$316,349,987
Legal Services	$137,092,120
Resettlement Funding	$39,788,256
All Other	$56,727,627

Note: All Other includes: Health Care & Related Services, Security, Translation, Transportation and General Services. Spending from April 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026.

New York City Spending 

Through August 31, 2026, the City of New York had recorded expenditures of $1.47 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, $3.75 billion in FY 2024, $3.02 billion in FY 2025, $1.41 billion in FY 2026 and $345 million in FY 2027 (FY 2026 and FY 2027 expenses are not yet final). The largest cumulative spending is for payments to the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) for emergency shelter costs, followed by NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), which led the operation of the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRCs). By FY 2026, costs shifted predominantly to DHS as the City closed multiple HERRCs.

As of the City’s June 2026 Financial Plan, its anticipated cost projections total $1.5 billion in FY 2026, $1.2 billion in FY 2027, and $500 million annually in FY 2028, FY 2029 and FY 2030, reflecting a continued expected decline in the number of people in the City's care.

Figure 3 – New York City Asylum Seeker Expenses by Agency, FY 2023, FY 2024, FY 2025, FY 2026 and FY 2027
(through August 31, 2026)

Figure 3 Data Table

Year	Department of Homeless Services/Department  of Social Services	NYC Health + Hospitals	New York City Emergency Management	Department of Housing Preservation and Development	All Other	Total
Fiscal Year 2023	$779,506,150	$468,792,666	$89,497,398	$33,425,232	$102,464,663	$1,473,686,110
Fiscal Year 2024	$1,212,876,546	$1,525,255,797	$110,747,920	$413,489,543	$489,621,210	$3,751,991,016
Fiscal Year 2025	$1,320,725,129	$874,429,634	$42,895,695	$292,055,940	$489,488,755	$3,019,595,154
Fiscal Year 2026 *	$1,208,832,013	$28,441,130	$5,073,681	$73,234,613	$97,155,153	$1,412,736,591
Fiscal Year 2027 *	$335,825,376	$0	$0	$8,589,918	$675,921	$345,091,216

* FY 2026 and FY 2027 expenses have not yet been finalized.

Note: New York City fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30.

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