Staten Island’s elected Democrats joined Republicans in a rare united front Wednesday — in opposition to using the former Fort Wadsworth military base in the borough to shelter migrants…
The NYPD on the island and National Park Police that oversees the fort “are already stretched thin and understaffed,” said District Attorney Mike McMahon, the borough’s highest-ranking law enforcement official and top Democrat.
“The potential housing of an unknown number of migrants inside this Staten Island landmark … on the front lawn of those who bravely serve in our armed forces and alongside schoolchildren and families … must not come to pass,” he said. “The lack of consultation with the elected officials disregards the importance of community input and engagement here on Staten Island which is incredibly irresponsible,” Democratic state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton tweeted after attending the press conference.
Councilman David Carr, a Republican who represents communities near Fort Wadsworth, said that opening more shelters will incentivize other migrants.Republican and Democratic politicians from Staten Island held a press conference to oppose plans to create a migrants shelter at the borough’s former Fort Wadsworth military base.Staten Island District Attorney Mike McMahon called the plans for the shelter “incredibly irresponsible.
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