An audit reveals that New York taxpayers are being overcharged millions of dollars for non-competitive contracts awarded by Mayor Eric Adams’s administration to for-profit companies to provide services to illegal immigrants.
The NYC Comptroller’s Office said in a Feb. 27 report that no-bid contracts inked under emergency powers led vendors to charge “exorbitant rates” to staff shelters for illegal immigrants, leaving taxpayers to foot bills that would, under a more cost-effective approach, be much lower.
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander said in a statement that city agencies probably spent “millions of dollars more than necessary” for the same services, adding that City Hall should “insist on getting the most competitive prices from its own contractors in order to keep costs down.”…