And if no help is forthcoming, he says he'll have to ask for another 5% reduction in January and another 5% next March.

Adams says the migrants will cost the city up to $12 billion over the next three years. Without state and federal funds, they will "destroy New York City," he proclaimed earlier in the week.

Frankly, it's hard to tell if Adams is just trying to put pressure on his friend Joe Biden and his enemy Gov. Kathy Hochul, or if he's serious about cutting billions in city services.

"The simple truth is that longtime New Yorkers and asylum-seekers will feel these potential cuts," the mayor said in a pre-recorded message. "And they will hurt."

It's not like New York isn't already in crisis. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has been critical in the past of Adams's migrant policies. But she, too, recognizes that without state and federal aid, New York City is going to be in a world of hurt.

"There remains an urgent need for increased state and federal support to aid the City's response to increased international migration," Speaker Adams wrote in a joint statement with City Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan. "Tens of thousands of people seeking asylum are arriving in our city at a time when we are already confronting a housing crisis, record homelessness, and the sunset of federal COVID stimulus funds. New York City cannot be expected to handle this on our own. The costs are considerable, and it is critical that the city receives more aid, while safeguarding funding that supports New Yorkers. The future of our city and its continued economic recovery relies on the investments we make into our communities and the essential services they rely on."