Syrian refugees are also getting priced out of NYC
The rent’s too damn high in New York City — even for Syrian refugees.
The Big Apple may be the nation’s melting pot, but only 11 of the 10,100 Syrians fleeing a brutal civil war who have resettled in the United States since 2013 are here, a Post review of State Department records shows. That’s an astonishingly low number for a city internationally known as an historic immigration gateway. Blame it on high rents and prices — the bane of many a resident.
“There is still an interest to be resettled in New York City, but it’s no surprise to say it’s the high cost of living in New York City [keeping refugees out],” said Avigail Ziv, executive director of the New York and New Jersey International Rescue Committee, which resettled five of the 11 individuals.(nypost.com)…[+]
