After a week of blame-shifting, name-calling and protests, New York politicians are coming to terms with the reality of housing and caring for thousands of new migrants.
to President Joe Biden Friday requesting assistance from federal agencies to house migrants on federal land in New York, including military facilities.
In her letter, Hochul specifically called for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to direct the Department of Defense and National Park Service to assist in building and operating temporary housing on military installations and other government sites.Hochul told county executives that she expects the federal government to soon step in to provide aid, according to Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus.
"So, it really is an unprofessional way of doing this; this could have gone a lot smoother," said Neuhaus. "If they said, 'Look, they're coming, here's their names, we'll work out everything later,' but it hasn't gone that way." On Friday, Orange County sued New York City and the Crossroads Hotel to stop the housing of migrants. The Town of Newburgh, New York, also filed a lawsuit and temporary restraining order against the owner of the Crossroads Hotel Friday, asking to immediately halt the "deliberate, hazardous and unlawful conversion" of the hotel as a selected housing site for New York City's migrant program.
"First time I learned about it was a social media post on Facebook by the principal of that school," Councilmember Ari Kagan told ABC affiliate WABC.
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