Queens residents accuse Mayor Adams of ‘destroying’ NYC amid migrant crisis
Not in our neighborhood!
Angry New Yorkers turned to Mayor Adams over the weekend, claiming he will “destroy” the city with his handling of the refugee crisis – while the mayor had subtly attacked President Biden.
Queens residents protesting a “tent city” at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center held up signs and chanted “No tent city” and “One- Term Mayor”.
“You have the right to choose who you want to elect for mayor. That’s how you show your power,” Adams told the group, according to audio obtained by The Post.
Adams continued, “If you feel like I haven’t done my job in the last 18 months with the mess I inherited, the mess I inherited. You have the right to do what you want.”
Phil Orenstein, a leader of the Queens Village Republican Club, urged Adams to “tell your president to stop sending migrants to New York.”
“My President? There is a President,” Adams quipped.
Orenstein, heard over audio, expressed the community’s anger at the Creedmoor refugee camp – and urged Adams to “send them back” to Mexico and Washington DC.
“What about Rikers Island? There are abandoned buildings. You have 20,000 to 30,000 [migrants] There. But not in Creedmoor. Not in our neighborhood. They will destroy our community, destroy our property values. There will be crime. There will be drug use,” Orenstein said, according to the audio.
“People are devastated. The idea of bringing 1,000 single, able-bodied migrants right into our neighborhood. There is no curfew. They are unchecked. What diseases do they have? he said.
Orenstein continued, “I want you, as one of your constituents, to send her back to Washington, DC. Send her back to Mexico. Have courage. Stand up for your people. We are your people!”
Adams was quick to dismiss calls for the deportation of migrants as illegal, asking, “If I’m doing this, am I breaking the law?”
Orenstein shot back, “Would you be breaking the law? There is no protected area law in the book.”
The mayor stood his ground, warning that if New York City deported asylum seekers, the federal government could impose sanctions on him and the city would lose the funds needed to fix the problem.
“I’ve said it over and over again. Your community will achieve this. We must be united to stop this. That shouldn’t go to Bellerose,” he said.
The mayor announced last week that the Big Apple’s migrant crisis is expected to cost $12 billion over the next three years — and a whopping $20 million a month for housing migrants on Randall’s Island, according to a state source — or $10,000 per asylum. Searcher when the site fills all 2,000 beds.
Around 100,000 asylum-seeking men, women and children have arrived in New York City since early 2022, with more than half currently residing in 198 shelters across the five boroughs.
“We’ve exceeded our breaking point,” Adams said on Wednesday. “With more than 57,300 individuals currently in our care on an average night, that works out to $9.8 million per day, nearly $300 million per month and nearly $3.6 billion per month Year.”
