Global Courant 2023-05-11 23:49:36
New York Mayor Eric Adam’s plan to relocate several hundred illegal migrants to hotels in New York’s Orange and Rockland Counties began Thursday in a move that is moving asylum seekers past a refuge into areas that have vehemently opposed the plan. resists.
County and local leaders in Orange and Rockland counties have opposed Adams’ plan to send more than 300 migrants to the Armani Inn & Suites hotel in Orangeburg in Rockland and The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh in Orange, the latter of which received migrants Thursday. saw coming.
Supporters were seen outside The Crossroads with signs welcoming them. Orange County legislator Kevindaryán Luján said outside the hotel that 20 to 30 people had arrived in the first busload and about 60 were expected Thursday, all men.
“We are in full solidarity with the asylum seekers,” he said.
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Mayor Eric Adams at New York City Hall. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Orange County’s neighbor Rockland County successfully obtained a temporary restraining order Tuesday from a state Supreme Court judge after arguing that the move violated local zoning laws.
As the battle rages over where to house the migrants who have strained New York City’s facilities to breaking point, Adams has argued that the rest of the state must step in to help ease the burden on the largest city.
“New York City has taken care of more than 61,000 migrants — sheltering, feeding and caring for them, and we’ve done that largely without incident,” the spokesperson told Fox News Digital earlier this week. “We need the federal government to step in, but until they do, we need other elected officials in the state and country to do their part and emulate the humane and compassionate approach that New York City is taking. followed last year.”
But the plan to bus more than 300 people from New York City to Rockland County would take the migrants right past nearby Westchester County, which passed legislation in 2018 prohibiting the use of its resources to support federal law enforcement investigations based on one’s national origin.
The legislation, dubbed the Immigrant Protection Act, was not intended to be a “sanctuary” law, Westchester County Executive George Latimer argued at the time, despite the measure being pushed back by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Migrants arrive at The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, New York on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
Buses arrived Thursday in nearby Newburgh, New York, located in Orange County and just north of Rockland and Westchester counties. Those migrants will be housed in the Crossroads Hotel, where migrants were greeted by supporters holding signs as the bus stopped.
“We are here as advocates for human dignity and want to make sure that the people who come here know that there are people in Orange County, the City of Newburgh, the City of Newburgh and beyond who have their backs, who support us and who want to welcome them,” Luján said from outside the hotel, according to a Times Union report.
Meanwhile, Rockland County executive Ed Day had made heated remarks to New York’s mayor, going so far as to threaten to “grab Adams by the throat”.
“(Adams) never asked for an opinion, he just said, ‘Fuck you, Rockland County,'” Day said during a radio interview earlier this week. “Well, here’s my answer… Mr. Adams, you can try to run us over, (and) I’ll reach over and grab you by the throat for the people of Rockland County.”
People hold up signs to welcome migrants to The Crossroads Hotel on Thursday, May 11, 2023 in Newburgh, New York. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
Adams’ office did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment.
Michael Lee is a writer at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @UAMichaelLee
