Here's how much each NY state resident will have to fork over in taxes to cover migrant crisis bill | 14 Oct 2024 | Each of New York's 10.7 million taxpayers would have to fork over $215 on average to foot the bill for the state's ongoing migrant crisis, according to a new analysis. Put another way, it would take the entire tax bill paid by 328,471 New Yorkers together to cover the $2.3 billion tab to house and care for the staggering number of asylum seekers in the state. The analysis was conducted by the campaign of Gina Arena, the Republican candidate in the 40th state Senate district in the lower Hudson Valley, based on the average $7,000 state income tax bill for New Yorkers in 2022.