Gilli upstate relocate bid

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to help solve the Big Apple’s shelter crisis by relocating migrants to upstate cities — which could use the population boost to qualify for pork-barrel federal funds as she seeks re-election in 2024, The Post has learned.

Gillibrand (D-NY) has floated the idea to City Hall and discussed it with Mayor Adams on Tuesday during a closed-door meeting in Washington, a source familiar with the matter said.

She has also contacted Gov. Hochul’s office to seek her support, a second source told The Post.

“She told me that arrangements could be made for housing assistance, childcare, school assistance and working,” said City Council member Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan), another recipient of Gillibrand’s pitch. “She seemed to feel this is a solution for some who might want to go.”

The money would come from the $9 billion-plus federal Community Development Block Grant program, which is supposed to help low- and moderateincome communities by eliminating slums and blight.

Last year, New York received $316 million in CDBG grants, according to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which runs the program.

Most CDBG grants go to major cities, smaller cities with populations over 50,000 and urban counties with populations over 200,000.

The upstate cities of Niagara Falls and Binghamton, for example, both have populations of around 48,000 — meaning they could easily qualify for CDBG funds by accepting just a fraction of the estimated 11,000 migrants who have flooded into New York City amid an ongoing border surge.