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Filthy migrant encampment -- including illicit open-air market hawking drugs -- sprouts up on Randall's Island: 'It's a calamity'
August 14, 2024 | 5:37pmMore than 50 tents have now been set up along the East River on Randall's Island, on the outskirts of the city-run 2,000-bed mega-shelter.
Hotel converted into Queens migrant shelter sued for millions by Marriott after alleged breach of contract
August 10, 2024 | 4:52pmMarriott International has filed a $2.6 million lawsuit against one of its franchisee hotels for becoming a migrant shelter in violation of their franchise agreement.
Never mind Mayor Adams' latest blow on migrants — it's going to take new WH leadership to help NYC
August 3, 2024 | 6:05amThe state Supreme Court just nixed one of Mayor Adams' (few) attempts to stem the migrant influx. It's another reminder that the only real fix can come from a change...
Migrant shelter moves into former NYC college dorm near ritzy Riverdale prep school: 'Neighborhood will be destroyed'
July 31, 2024 | 6:51pmA new migrant shelter will open next month at a former college dorm building in the Bronx's swanky Riverdale section -- angering some local residents who fear the "neighborhood will...
Migrants rushing to border in case Trump wins will find some Dems slamming doors
July 25, 2024 | 5:34pmMayors and governors across the nation, stretched to the breaking point by the migrant influx and forcing their constituents to bear the cost, are no longer feeling the love.
Migrant shoplifting wave from troubled NYC shelters forces stores to take drastic measures
July 25, 2024 | 5:06pmMiscreant migrants from two troubled Brooklyn shelters have unleashed a wave of ceaseless shoplifting, fights and other shenanigans in the sleepy waterside neighborhood.
Adams beefs up security at Brooklyn migrant shelters after deadly gang-linked shootings
July 24, 2024 | 5:39pmCity Hall beefed up security at a pair of controversial Brooklyn migrant shelters after back-to-back, potentially gang-linked shootings rattled residents in the once-peaceful neighborhood, officials told The Post.
The Biden-Harris migrant dystopia comes to Queens
July 22, 2024 | 7:08pmWelcome to Joe and Kam’s migrant dystopia — an abandoned former Rite Aid in Astoria, Queens, transformed into a trash-ridden eyesore and overrun with migrants, drunks and passed-out junkies.
Masked gunmen on scooter behind fatal shooting outside NYC migrant shelter that may be tied to Tren de Aragua gang: sources
July 22, 2024 | 3:45pmOne migrant is dead and another clinging to life after a Sunday night shooting outside a Brooklyn shelter, as cops try to determine if the gunplay is tied to the...
FiDi locals outraged by NYC 'safe haven' homeless shelter 50 feet from migrant center
July 18, 2024 | 6:44pmThe FiDi West Neighborhood Association argues the shelter’s proximity to nearby schools and parks will exacerbate safety concerns.
Two Brooklyn migrant shelter residents test positive for measles
July 13, 2024 | 1:07pmThe massive shelter, which opened at at 47 Hall St. last summer, houses more than 3,000 adult migrants, as health officials scramble to determine who else has been exposed at...
Parents fuming over plans for smoking areas at shelter next to school
July 13, 2024 | 12:53pmThe so-called “low-barrier” shelter -- because of its loose regulations on sobriety and criminal records -- is slated to open on Pearl Street in the fall next door to the...
Nearly 100 rogue migrants booted from tent city outside Randall’s Island shelter site
July 12, 2024 | 3:06pmClose to 100 asylum seekers were ordered to dismantle the tents and pack up their belongings after the NYPD and Parks Enforcement Patrol officers descended on the makeshift site mid-afternoon...
Housing more than 65K migrants in NYC shelters is unsustainable Adams admin official admits — but offers no solutions
July 9, 2024 | 5:09pm"The 65,000 cannot be our baseline," Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isolm told a reporter in City Hall. "That's not where we want to be."
New Yorkers shouldn't pay to be the world's sanctuary
July 8, 2024 | 9:49pmHow long can we sustain this? Our neighborhoods are being overwhelmed by the unchecked influx of migrants. “We’re getting dumped on here” is a sentiment many of my constituents share. ...
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis rips NYC official who suggested Staten Island should house more migrants
July 8, 2024 | 1:08pmUS Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said Queens Borough President Donovan Richardson was out of line when he suggested to The Post that her borough needs to take on more migrants amid...
NYC pols fume as migrants keep getting dumped on one borough: 'It's like the third world'
July 7, 2024 | 5:55pmQueens officials are crying foul over having more than their share of migrants dumped on their borough, as The Post visits one troublesome shelter in overburdened Long Island City.
Quality of life tanking in NYC communities with most migrant shelters: residents
July 7, 2024 | 6:17amThe influx of illegal migrants to the Big Apple over the past two years has meant a sea-change in the quality of life for residents in ZIP codes swamped with...
NYC to spend millions on new round of pre-paid debit cards for migrants
July 3, 2024 | 6:33pmNew York City officials are dramatically expanding a controversial program that gives debit cards pre-loaded with cash to migrant families staying in taxpayer-funded hotels across the city.
Fired-up New Yorkers push feds to close troublesome migrant tent city: 'No more'
June 23, 2024 | 3:34pmA caravan of 90 vehicles converged on Floyd Bennett Field on Sunday as a mob of protesters rallied outside the former federal airfield to protest a massive migrant tent city...