The move opens up a new front in an escalating battle between the New York City and upstate counties over the placement of migrants who Mayor Adams said are overwhelming the five boroughs.
LIBERTY – Upstate Sullivan County blasted New York City on Thursday ahead of the expected arrival of a busload of migrants to a local hotel where a toddler died earlier this month.
“We fear that this will displace a number of our otherwise-homeless residents, who we house in this and other lodging establishments,” the County Legislature said in a statement.provided by law – to oppose this ill-timed and poorly planned process, while at the same timeThe move opens up a new front in an escalating battle between the city and upstate counties over the placement of migrants, many of whom are escaping poverty, persecution and violence in their home countries.
More than 40,000 migrants are currently under the care of New York City out of 60,000 total who have arrived since last summer. Mayor Eric Adams has said New York City is reaching its breaking point amid the deluge of migrants sent from the U.S. Southern Border.Mayor Eric Adams has claimed counties outside the five boroughs must help considering the mounting costs on the city and decreasing places to put them.
But the Knights Inn in the town of Liberty, where the migrants were expected to arrive sometime Thursday, has a checkered past that includes the
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