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Mayor Eric Adams is blaming the city’s current budget woes, including the whopping $4 billion the spiraling migrant crisis is estimated to cost, on predecessor Bill de Blasio — saying he budgeted for long-term investments using “temporary money.”

Hizzoner on Friday slammed his predecessor for putting in place “permanent things with temporary money” — aka federal stimulus funds — that are now quickly drying up.

“There are several things that are looming that really keeps me up at night. Number one, the fiscal cliff we’re about to hit,” Adams said in an interview with Caribbean Power Jam’s “The Reset Show.”

“The previous administration put in place permanent things with temporary money. The stimulus from the federal government is running out in [2025]. It’s gone,” Adams continued, adding that he now needs to reexamine the books to avoid a budget shortfall.

The hefty price tag of the Biden administration’s migrant crisis is among Adams’ major budget concerns.

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Former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a press conference held at City Hall Park in downtown, Manhattan on Monday July 11, 2022 in New York City, USA.
Bill de Blasio budgeted long-term investments using “temporary money,” according to Adams.Stefan Jeremiah for New York Pos
The recently arrived migrants that have been asked to move to the Brooklyn site arranged by the city continue to camp outside of the Watson Hotel on the west side of Manhattan.
The crisis has caused a hefty toll on the city’s budget.Andrea RENAULT/Polaris Images
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends a a news conference, Oct. 11, 2022, in New York. Every New York City mayor in recent history has waged battles against Public Enemy No. 1: Rats. But the current mayor, Eric Adams, took the war on vermin into unfamiliar territory when on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 he contested a pair of summonses from his own health department citing him for allegedly allowing broods of rodents to take residence at his Brooklyn property.
Eric Adams is blaming NYC’s budget woes on his mayoral predecessor.AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
People attempt to enter the migrant relief center at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on February 02, 2023 in New York City.
The migrant crisis is among the mayor’s main concern.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Over 40,000 migrants have flooded into NYC since the spring.
Over 40,000 migrants have flooded into NYC since the spring.Anthony Behar/Sipa USA
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“You look at the asylum seeker crisis, 1.4 billion this fiscal year, 2.8 billion next fiscal year is just not possible,” the mayor said.

“It’s not sustainable.”

So far, the Big Apple has only received a measly 1% of the $1 billion Adams has called for to help cover the cost of providing housing and services to the influx of migrants flooding into the city amid Biden’s border crisis.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency forked out $7.89 million in December, while another $2 million was allocated by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY).

As of last Sunday, an estimated 44,500 migrants had surged into the city since the spring, with 28,800 living in 86 emergency shelters and processing centers.

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