Saturday, May 13, 2023

Homeless vets are being booted from NY hotels to make room for migrants: advocates

Homeless vets are being booted from NY hotels to make room for migrants: advocates

Article Excerpt: "...Toney-Finch said 15 of the veterans got the heave-ho from the Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh about 60 miles north of New York City in Orange County — a new epicenter of Big Apple’s migrant crisis since Mayor Eric Adams began bussing Gotham’s overflow there against local officials’ wishes. The other five displaced veterans were split between two other local facilities — the Super 8 and Hampton Inn & Suites in Middletown, Toney-Finch said. The Middletown hotels are not believed to have migrants yet but were reportedly on the city’s shortlist to take some. She said the hotels didn’t explicitly say the vets had to move because of the migrants but that it was clear to her that was the case..."



Resource: nypost.com