Mar 22, 2024 · 745K views · 📍 New York City, NY · Watson Hotel, Manhattan, NY · Roosevelt Hotel, Manhattan, NY · Times Square, NY · Bronx, NY · Midtown South NYPD station, NY
Nick Shirley spends 24 hours with migrants in New York City, following an Ecuadorian migrant named Fabian, visiting migrant shelters (Watson and Roosevelt Hotels), and night-crawling with a local news figure to track alleged migrant crime. The video discusses NYC's spending on migrant care, shelter conditions, fake IDs/Social Security numbers, and concerns about voting and organized crime.
Programs involved: NYC migrant shelter system, Asylum work permit process
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Estimated total NYC will have spent caring for migrants by 2025
“New York City will have spent $9 billion taking care of migrants by 2025”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Alleged monthly revenue for Roosevelt and Watson Hotels housing migrants
“6.2 million per week and 26.6 million per month”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Estimated daily NYC spending on migrant care
“each day they're spending roughly $12 million taking care of migrants”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Alleged daily revenue for Roosevelt and Watson Hotels from 2,952 migrant rooms at $300/night
“2,952 rooms and at a rate of $300 per night that is 885,000 per day”
Stated by Nick Shirley
New Yorker saying you can earn this and feel like you make 60k due to taxes/services
“we can make $150,000 and live like you're making 60”
Stated by NYC resident interviewee
Monthly rent for an apartment where a migrant family lives
“it's $1600 per month here inside of this house”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Approximate monthly amount NYC spends per migrant, contrasted with plane ticket costs
“instead of paying $1,000 a month on these migrants”
Stated by Nick Shirley
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All figures are as stated in the video — most are allegations, not adjudicated findings. Every dollar figure links to the timestamp where it is said. Extraction QA: All seven monetary claims are accurately quoted and correctly attributed to the narrator or resident interviewees, with appropriate status classifications. Entities are all supported by the transcript, with the ASR-garbled commissioner name reasonably reconstructed. Overall a faithful, high-quality extraction with no hallucinations.