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Wpxo ld new york6/28/2023 ![]() GARSD: Amy Belsher is with the NYCLU, who is suing both counties. It is only draining taxpayer resources.ĪMY BELSHER: That's just blatantly discriminatory and unconstitutional in a number of respects. Here's Rockland County Executive Ed Day.ĮD DAY: This is incentivizing illegal immigration, and it does nothing to support our infrastructure or the hardworking citizens we elected to serve. The orders were temporarily granted by a state Supreme Court judge. The counties also sought restraining orders against New York City, stopping it from sending any more migrants. GARSD: This county and neighboring Rockland County both declared states of emergency. There's - where are we going to put everybody? SHEELER: You know, years and years and years ago, they - the Statue of Liberty - bring your homeless, your helpless. GARSD: A few days ago, New York City sent about 180 people to hotels here. MARLENE CONLEY: I have compassion, but I don't have compassion. Residents Linda Sheeler (ph) and Marlene Conley (ph) say they're worried. GARSD: About an hour north in Newburgh, the mood towards migrants is different. She's also requested expedited work permits for asylum-seekers to become financially self-sufficient. Governor Kathy Hochul has asked the federal government to open certain military facilities. The question of housing for migrants has been heating up across the state. GARSD: But Yonkers already has its fair share of economic woes, and he's told New York City officials it can't shoulder the cost of social services for new arrivals. And we're - Yonkers is a hospitable community. SPANO: And we're going to treat the refugees the way they ought to be treated. GARSD: He says Yonkers is going to step up. MIKE SPANO: We were given little to no notice. A few days ago, the city sent several vans - up to a hundred migrants - to neighboring Yonkers. Chaotic seems to be the operative word when it comes to migrant policy in New York. No one, not even officials, seem able to tell her what's going on. GARSD: But she says she's confused about how to help. JUSTINE SUGRUE: I came to drop off some clothing. ![]() JASMINE GARSD, BYLINE: On a spring afternoon in Yonkers, Justine Sugrue (ph), an 83-year-old retired nurse, stopped by the Ramada Inn to see how she could help out. Several local governments say they cannot handle the financial burden. Officials have started sending recent arrivals to neighboring cities and towns, and that's causing tension. New York City has received up to 50,000 migrants in the last year or so and says it's at capacity.
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