STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. SPEAKING OF WASHINGTON, THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE MORE THAN 50 CLERGY MEMBERS PLAN TO TRAVEL TODAY TO LOBBY LAWMAKERS FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS. REVEREND EDWARD RICHARD HINES, A MINISTER FROM BROOKLYN, SAYS HE AND OTHER FAITH LEADERS FROM ALL FIVE BOROUGHS HAVE MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH BOTH OF NEW YORK'S SENATORS, CHUCK SCHUMER AND KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, AS WELL AS HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES, WHO REPRESENTS BROOKLYN. THE CITY HAS CARED FOR MORE THAN 180,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS AND COUNTING WHO HAVE ARRIVED AT ITS DOORSTEP. THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMMISSIONER REVEALED THAT A CITY COUNCIL HEARING YESTERDAY THAT THE AVERAGE COST PER NIGHT OF CARING FOR A SINGLE MIGRANT HOUSEHOLD, KNOWN AS THE PER DIEM RATE, STANDS AT $388. THAT'S $5 MORE THAN THE COST THAT MAYOR ERIC ADAMS CITED IN AUGUST, BUT DOWN FROM A PEAK PER DIEM RATE OF $394 IN OCTOBER, ACCORDING TO A MAYORAL SPOKESMAN . AND THE COSTS ADD UP QUICKLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT ABOUT 65,000 MIGRANTS REMAIN IN THE CITY'S CARE. NOW, AROUND $150 MILLION OR SO HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THIS MIGRANT CRISIS. BUT HERE'S THE THING THE CITY HAS ONLY SEEN ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT BECAUSE THE CITY'S BUDGET DIRECTOR RECENTLY REVEALED OF OVERLY
