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A Senegalese man who was busted this week for illegally housing dozens of African migrants packed into two of his properties was additionally nabbed for working the same makeshift shelter in January, the New York Put up reviews.
Ebou Sarr, 47, who has apparently had a number of run-ins with the regulation up to now, was discovered to have been charging the determined migrants $300 a month to remain at his two New York Metropolis properties – a furnishings retailer in Queens and a former cellphone retailer within the Bronx – the place they confronted cramped residing situations. Video from contained in the Queens constructing exhibits a room with tightly packed bunk beds aspect by aspect divided by a slender aisle.
Sarr was hit with a slew of violations for the buildings’ harmful situations and each had been ordered vacated.
Ebou Sarr, high left, the Previous Fordham Library the place migrants had been staying, backside left, and a photograph from inside an unlawful shelter in Queens, proper. (Fox 5, Google Maps and screenshot of video obtained by the New York Put up)
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The New York Put up, citing court docket paperwork, now reviews that Sarr was additionally busted in January for working a 3rd pop-up hostel in an deserted library within the Bronx. The constructing, referred to as the Previous Fordham Library, is situated at 2556 Bainbridge Ave., simply off Coles Lane.
He reportedly advised police they had been strolling into “our migrant shelter,” once they sweeped the outdated bookhouse, the court docket paperwork state.
“I run it,” Sarr advised police, in line with a prison grievance. “I assist these folks as a result of they’ve nowhere to go. Shelters gained’t settle for us. I’ve proof of residency from the mayor… I’ve a enterprise up the road, however that is the place I dwell.”
He was charged with prison trespassing, the NYPD advised Fox Information Digital.
A normal view of the constructing in Queens the place Senegalese migrants had been being housed, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Roughly 74 migrants had been discovered residing within the basement the place the owner reportedly collected $300 per migrant. (Paul Martinka for New York Put up)
DOZENS OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS FOUND LIVING PACKED INSIDE STORE BASEMENT, SLEEPING IN SHIFTS
Nonetheless, Sarr is demanding town let migrants use the constructing as a shelter since it’s presently mendacity idle.
“Locations like that, they’ll put the folks in. Repair the place and put the folks in there,” Sarr advised the Put up.
“It was a spot that I believe is empty and it’s secure for us to place our folks. We had been attempting to get town to offer us that library. It’s been there for thus a few years,” Sarr advised The Put up Thursday.
Police additionally revealed to Fox Information Digital that Sarr has been arrested a number of occasions over the past decade.
In 2020, he was arrested for allegedly pushing his spouse, inflicting her to hit her head on a chair, earlier than then attempting to strangle her. He has additionally been arrested for working a stolen automotive and not using a license, prison possession of marijuana and prison contempt for violating an order of safety.
On Wednesday, metropolis officers swept a two-story industrial constructing on East Kingsbridge Highway in Fordham being operated by Sarr, the place they discovered 34 beds on the primary flooring and 11 beds within the cellar tightly packed collectively.
Inspectors additionally discovered extension cords, e-bikes, house heaters and hotplates contained in the Bronx constructing, the New York Metropolis Dept. of Buildings (DOB) advised Fox 5. Lithium batteries induced a file variety of fires, accidents and deaths in New York Metropolis final yr, in line with the FDNY, highlighting the hazardous nature of the ability.
An NYPD officer stands guard by the again entrance to a constructing in Queens the place Senegalese migrants had been being housed, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Roughly 74 migrants had been discovered residing within the basement the place the owner reportedly collected $300 per migrant. (Paul Martinka for New York Put up)
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The sweep got here simply two days after a furnishings constructing in Queens owned by Sarr was discovered to have additionally been transformed right into a makeshift hostel, cramming a minimum of 74 migrants into the primary flooring and cellar.
Sarr advised Fox 5 that many of the migrants are from Senegal and that he was offering them with breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Cellphone video from contained in the constructing confirmed the African males in a vibrant white room filled with beds with a low ceiling. The beds are positioned shut along with restricted strolling room — a single slender lane runs via the room with beds on both aspect. One other video confirmed the same room filled with bunk beds.
Senegalese man discovered working 3 unlawful shelters for African migrants
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