New York City Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-blasts-biden-says-border-crisis-has-destroyed-nyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> claimed Friday that “body type” has no connection to a person’s health after signing a bill banning height and weight discrimination. 
The bill <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/364-23/mayor-adams-signs-legislation-prohibit-height-weight-discrimination-employment-housing-#/0">signed</a> by Adams prohibits discrimination on the basis of height and weight for employment, housing, and public accommodations in the city. The bill contains an exception for employers who need to consider height and weight to abide by federal, state, or local laws and regulations. After signing the legislation, Adams discussed why he believes it’s necessary and made a scientifically erroneous statement. 
“Everyone knows that I’m a person that believes in health, so when you talk about not discriminating against someone because of their body type, it’s not fighting against obesity; it’s just being fair,” the mayor said, adding, “And science has shown that body type is not a connection to if you are healthy or unhealthy. I think that’s a misnomer.”
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Adams did not provide a study or bring receipts to back up his claim that body type doesn’t affect health, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/effects/index.html">states</a> that obese people are at an increased risk of serious diseases and health conditions such as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, and stroke. Those who are underweight also face serious health risks such as vitamin deficiencies, anemia, and decreased immune function, <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/underweight-health-risks">according</a> to Healthline. 
New York City’s new law is set to take effect on November 22. Six other <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-city-law-ban-height-weight-discrimination-mayor-eric-adams/">cities</a>, including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco as well as the states of Michigan and Washington also have laws against height and weight discrimination. Similar legislation is currently being considered in New Jersey and Massachusetts, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/nyregion/weight-discrimination-law-nyc.html">reported</a>.  
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“Size discrimination is a social justice issue and a public health threat,” said New York City Councilmember Shaun Abreu. “People with different body types are denied access to job opportunities and equal wages — and they have had no legal recourse to contest it. Worse yet, millions are taught to hate their bodies. As the global beacon of tolerance, it is only right that New York City is leading the national effort to end size discrimination with the signing of this law today.”

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Eric Adams Signs Bill Banning Weight Discrimination, Says ‘Body Type’ Not Connected ‘To Whether You’re Healthy Or Unhealthy’

Eric Adams Signs Bill Banning Weight Discrimination, Says 'Body Type' Not Connected 'To Whether You're Healthy Or Unhealthy'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mother-of-unvaccinated-girl-denied-kidney-transplant-by-duke-shares-huge-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mother Of Unvaccinated Girl Denied Kidney Transplant By Duke Shares Huge Update</a>
In a Daily Wire exclusive, the mother of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/duke-university-hospital-denied-14-year-old-girl-kidney-transplant-over-covid-vaccine-family-says">Yulia Hicks</a> – a child who was denied a kidney transplant by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/duke-university-hospital-denied-14-year-old-girl-kidney-transplant-over-covid-vaccine-family-says">Duke Children’s Hospital</a> last year – has confirmed that Yulia will finally be receiving the life-saving operation at another North Carolina hospital. The teen has a genetic kidney disorder that requires a transplant, but her family said last year that Duke was refusing to put Yulia on the kidney wait list because she is unvaccinated against COVID. The family says Yulia has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-study-natural-immunity-beats-vax-against-delta-variant">already recovered from having the virus</a>. Yulia’s mother Chrissy Hicks spoke to Morning Wire.
&#8220;We are eternally indebted to her generous live donor,&#8221; Hicks said. &#8220;Thank you again for all of your thoughts and prayers.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/send-migrants-to-the-cities-villages-towns-across-america-so-its-not-a-burden-on-nyc-mayor-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams Wants To Ship Illegal Aliens Around The Country</a>
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has a new proposal for dealing with migrants crossing the border, and it involves the federal government dispersing them across America. 
Adams said this week that instead of New York City having to bear the burden of housing, feeding, and supporting the mass influx of migrants, the federal government needs to do more to direct them across the entire United States.
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New York City has seen an influx of more than 55,000 illegal aliens since the spring of 2022, and 35,000 of those <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/nyregion/adams-biden-migrants.html">are receiving services from the city</a>. 
<a href="https://www.komu.com/news/nationworld/judge-enters-not-guilty-pleas-on-behalf-of-bryan-kohberger-charged-in-idaho-student-murders/article_04e79b0a-6646-5fc4-b404-56bb37f0733e.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alleged Idaho Killer Arraigned</a>
The man accused of murdering four University of Idaho undergraduate students, appeared in court for his arraignment today. In court, the alleged murderer smiled at his attorney and sat in silence as she said her client would &#8220;be standing silent.&#8221; Standing silent means the defendant does not enter a plea of guilty or not guilty, but has the same outcome of pleading not guilty. The highly anticipated trial is set for October 2. 

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-scott-opens-his-presidential-bid-in-hometown-speech-bashing-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Scott Enters 2024 Race</a>
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott (R) announced his candidacy for president of the United States today at a rally in North Charleston.
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On the Republican side, Scott joins former President Donald Trump, former United Nations ambassador and fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy as notable names in the race so far. 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meta-hit-with-massive-fine-over-data-privacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EU Fines Meta Record Amount $1.3 Billion</a>
The European Union has fined Meta, Facebook’s parent company, a record $1.3 billion for data privacy violations. The Irish Data Protection Commission found that Meta had been illicitly transferring user data from Europe to the U.S. The Commission said that they were in breach of the E.U. &#8216;s General Data Protection Regulation. Meta’s European headquarters are in Dublin.
Debt Negotiations Update
With the clock ticking, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is set to meet with President Biden this evening to continue negotiations over raising the debt ceiling. After a weekend of turbulent, on-again-off-again talks, Democrats and Republicans will try to hash out an agreement on how to pay the nation’s bills. Economist Kenny Polcari says a default is extremely unlikely. 
&#8220;What I think is irresponsible is the inflammatory language &#8230; that the Treasury Secretary uses,&#8221; Polcari told The Daily Wire. &#8220;&#8216;It&#8217;s apocalyptic, it&#8217;s cataclysmic, it&#8217;s a disaster, it&#8217;s unprecedented,&#8217; and all those words do nothing but create anxiety in the markets and anxiety in investors. And that&#8217;s why I think it&#8217;s irresponsible, because Janet Yellen — of all people — knows and understands. The U.S. is not defaulting on any of its debt.&#8221; 
L.A. Dodgers Face Backlash From LGBT Activists After Canceling On Drag Queens
The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing backlash from LGBT activists after rescinding their invitation to The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night celebration, saying the troupe’s presence would not be in alignment with a “spirit of unity.”
 The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is a decades-old activist group that parodies Catholic nuns in drag attire, which critics say mocks Catholicism. As a result of the rescinded invitation, L.A. Pride has pulled out of the annual Dodgers pride night event.
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New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams has a new proposal for dealing with migrants crossing the border, and it involves the federal government dispersing them across America. 
In an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eric-adams-new-york-city-mayor-face-the-nation-transcript-05-21-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appearance</a> on CBS&#8217;s “Face The Nation” on Sunday, Adams said that instead of burdening one city with an influx of migrants, the federal government needs to do more to direct them to other areas. He told host Margaret Brennan that the $30 million the federal government has sent to New York City is insufficient to deal with the “national problem.” 
“We have 108,000 cities, villages, towns,” Adams said when asked if the federal government should send migrants elsewhere. “If everyone takes a small portion of that, and if it&#8217;s coordinated at the border, to ensure that those who are coming here to this country in a lawful manner is actually moved throughout the entire country, it is not a burden on one city.” 
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Adams explained that NYC has taken in more than 70,000 asylum seekers and still cares for approximately 42,000. He told Brennan that he’s met with FEMA, New York’s congressional delegation, and the White House regarding financial allocations and resources to try to solve the issue, which Adams says is “unfair to the city of New York and all about cities to carry the burden of a national problem.” 
Adams began busing migrants to surrounding counties in recent weeks in an attempt to alleviate the severity of the issue in New York City, in what he referred to as a “decompression strategy.” Both <a href="https://rocklandnews.com/rockland-sues-nyc/">Rockland</a> and <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/nyc-loosens-rules-ships-migrants-upstate-seeks-federal/story?id=99301885">Orange</a> Counties sued to stop the move.
“This is a home rule state and New York City does not have the authority over this County or Town to volunteer us for placement, especially when we are telling them we do not have the infrastructure to help,” Rockland County Executive Ed Day <a href="https://rocklandnews.com/rockland-sues-nyc/">said</a>.
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When asked by Brennan about this practice, Adams said he believes “the entire state should participate in a decompression strategy, and it&#8217;s unfortunate that there has- there have been some lawmakers and counties that are not carrying on their role of ensuring that this is a decompression strategy throughout the state.&#8221;
While campaigning for mayor, Adams ensured New Yorkers that the city would &#8220;remain a sanctuary city&#8221; under his administration if elected. 
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&quot;We should protect our immigrants.&quot; Period.
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&mdash; Eric Adams (@ericadamsfornyc) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericadamsfornyc/status/1450967702093320203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Send Migrants To The ‘Cities, Villages, Towns’ Across America So ‘It’s Not A Burden’ On NYC, Mayor Says

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New York City is having a bit of trouble with repeat retail crime offenders, but Mayor Eric Adams&#8217; latest soft-on-crime approach to solving the problem is downright laughable.
You&#8217;ve all seen the videos — a number of punks barge into a store at once, grab whatever they can, and then flee the scene. Here&#8217;s an example of what that looks like:
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Per Fox 5, <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/adams-unveils-plan-to-tackle-nyc-shoplifting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retail theft in general jumped 44% in 2022</a> in NYC. The crisis is so bad that Adams even mandated that masks should be taken off to enter stores — the opposite of the COVID days — to help reduce this sort of crime.
It apparently didn&#8217;t work because now he has a new plan, one that he says is top-notch.
“Last year alone, 327 repeat offenders were responsible for 30 percent of the more than 22,000 retail thefts across our city, &#8221; Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/340-23/mayor-adams-plan-combat-retail-theft-new-york-city#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> this week. &#8220;This hurt our businesses, our workers, our customers, and our city.&#8221;
That&#8217;s putting it mildly, Adams, but let&#8217;s hear what this plan does.
&#8220;This plan will help us invest in diversion programs and in underlying factors leading to retail theft, work upstream to stop some of the factors leading to a crime before one takes place, trains retail workers in de-escalation tactics and security best practices, and takes numerous actions to increase necessary enforcement against repeat shoplifters and deter organized crime rings perpetrating these thefts,&#8221; he said.
Wow, based on that you might expect the Big Apple to be returning to its days of broken-window policies, stop-and-frisk, and other tough-on-crime methods. Nope, you&#8217;d be wrong to expect that.
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According to Fox 5, the plan &#8220;includes giving first-time offenders intervention programs instead of prosecution, de-escalation training for retail employees, establishing neighborhood retail watch groups to share information about a theft in real-time with one another and the police, and installing kiosks in stores to connect would-be thieves with social service programs.&#8221;
What sort of criminal, intent on stealing everything and anything he can, would stop and say, &#8220;Hey, look, a kiosk. I think I&#8217;ll get a pamphlet.&#8221;
Ralph Cilento, a retired NYPD Lieutenant Commander of Detectives and adjunct professor, also wasn&#8217;t very impressed with the strategy.
&#8220;So when people come in that were just about to steal, they won&#8217;t because they realize that stealing is a source of a different problem for them. So they&#8217;re going to use the kiosk to access social services,&#8221; Cilento told the local Fox affiliate. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, but that&#8217;s just a pipe dream. And that is he&#8217;s doing that specifically to satisfy his liberal base, which I understand he has to do.&#8221;
And Cilento hit the nail on the head with that last part. Despite the Democrats&#8217; insistence that they support the police as well as law and order, they know that if they ever put in the policies needed to stop this problem, then the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s of the world would protest to no end. So the best they can offer is a kiosk, a slap on the wrist, and training for innocent store employees.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Informational Kiosks? New York City’s Plan To Stop Shoplifting Is Laughable

Informational Kiosks & De-Escalation Training? New York's Plan To Stop Shoplifting Is Laughable

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> has suspended land use review processes, including public hearings with city residents, to expedite the search for housing for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants</a> coming to the city.
Adams <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-adams-suspends-nyc-land-review-for-migrant-shelters-20230516-gyhlhfv7hndupf6clyn2qlaymq-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure used in city planning to weigh interests and receive public input. The “humanitarian crisis” that has exploded in the city because of illegal migrants from the southern border necessitated the drastic step, according to an emergency executive order enacted on Monday.
The order comes as the city faces growing backlash over its handling of the influx of migrants. Residents are protesting the city’s decision to potentially house migrants in neighborhoods and schools.
“[T]he City now faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that requires it to take extraordinary measures to meet the immediate needs of the asylum seekers while continuing to serve the tens of thousands of people who are currently using the DHS Shelter System,” the <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/406-23/emergency-executive-order-406" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a> says.
The order suspends “the holding of public hearings, the certification of applications, the submission of recommendations, any required or necessary voting, the taking of final actions, and the issuance of determinations” related to zoning, leasing, and construction of migrant shelters until the emergency comes to an end.
Students and their parents at three Brooklyn schools took to the streets this week to protest the city’s plan to house migrants in at least 20 school gymnasiums across the city. Many involved in the protest carried signs such as “I need recess” and “I want to go to school safe please!”
“I don’t feel safe having adult men with no criminal background checks or health screenings living at our children’s school,” Richard Cabo, whose daughter is in sixth grade, told the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/angry-parents-kids-rally-outside-nyc-schools-prepped-for-migrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>.
“It makes me want to cry, honestly,” said Jesenia Velez, whose daughter is in second grade. “I do sympathize with what’s going on, but I just don’t think it should be on school grounds. If you’re going to accept people in, that’s fine, but they should be nowhere near kids. It’s not the right place.”
More than 200 parents and city school officials <a href="https://abc7ny.com/nyc-migrants-gyms-brooklyn-schools/13258610/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held</a> an “emergency meeting” on Tuesday night over the city’s plan. Parents told a local news outlet that the meeting did little to answer their concerns over housing migrants so close to students.
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Adams has said that the city is running out of options. It has received more than 65,000 of the millions of migrants that have entered the U.S. since the border crisis began after President Joe Biden won the White House.
“Each gym, the 20 gyms that we are looking at, we have not made a final determination on all the gyms, but that we are looking at are separate from the actual school buildings, they are independent from the school buildings, they are not in buildings where schools are,” Adams said.

In Emergency Order, Eric Adams Suspends Public Hearings Over Migrant Housing Plans

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There is growing outrage <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeless-veterans-kicked-out-of-hotels-to-allow-migrants-to-move-in-support-group-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over reports</a> of nearly two dozen homeless veterans being removed from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> hotels to make room for migrants.
Democrats joined with Republicans to voice their dismay in response to reports about the evictions taking place as migrants started to get bused north out of New York City — which is already <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/nyregion/nyc-hotels-homeless-shelters.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spending millions of dollars</a> to house thousands of migrants — into towns in Orange County in anticipation of a possible surge with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayorkas-says-border-patrol-encounters-down-by-half-since-title-42-expired" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Title 42 expiring last week</a>.
&#8220;This is bulls***. 20 veterans lost their housing tonight because of incompetence by [the] New York City government,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/PatRyanUC/status/1657181293875023873" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) on Monday. &#8220;I am doing everything I can to ensure these service members have a bed to sleep in tonight. Let me be clear. This will not be tolerated.&#8221;
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) condemned New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, who last week began transporting migrants <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/nyregion/title-42-nyc-migrants-orange-rockland.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roughly 60 miles north</a> of the Big Apple to Orange County with a plan to house them for <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/us/nyc-tent-housing-migrant-surge/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">up to four months</a>.
“It is absolutely outrageous that homeless veterans would be displaced to alleviate New York City&#8217;s migrant crisis. That Mayor Eric Adams would choose to endanger the welfare of our veterans speaks volumes to what a debacle this has become,” Lawler <a href="https://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=329" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
&#8220;These veterans served their country, taking an oath to put themselves in harm’s way if need be,&#8221; David R. Riley Sr., American Legion Department of New York commander, <a href="https://nylegion.net/news-events/#:~:text=New%20York%20State's%20American%20Legion,Department%20of%20New%20York%20commander." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement</a>. &#8220;They deserve better. We owe them. Our country, our state, our citizens owe them.&#8221;
Concerns began to mount after Sharon Toney-Finch, CEO of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/12/homeless-vets-are-being-booted-from-ny-hotels-to-make-room-for-migrants-advocates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the New York Post</a> that 20 homeless veterans were moved out of hotels in Newburgh and Middletown to create space for migrants. Toney-Finch, herself a disabled military veteran, said the homeless veterans had been moved to another hotel.
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Adding to the controversy were reports about <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/new-york-homeless-vets-hotels-migrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wedding parties</a> losing hotel reservations as asylum-seekers were being relocated from New York City. Leaders in Orange County as well as Rockland County <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/orange-county-joins-rockland-declaring-state-of-emergency-over-mayor-adams-plan-to-bus-asylum-seekers-to-suburbs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have declared emergencies</a> and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/13/us/new-york-city-migrants-orange-county/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued over the migrant program</a>.
&#8220;New York City has cared for more than 65,000 migrants — sheltering, feeding, and caring for them, and we have done so largely without incident,&#8221; said Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for Adams. &#8220;Right now, we’re asking Orange County to manage less than one-quarter of 1% of the asylum seekers who have come to New York City, with New York paying for shelter, food, and services.&#8221;

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Critics Pile On Over Reports Of Homeless Vets Getting Kicked Out Of NY Hotels To Accommodate Migrants

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A New York hotel has canceled a block of more than 35 room reservations made months ago by an engaged couple for their big day after the hotel began accommodating migrants last week. 
The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, New York, about 70 miles north of Manhattan, began accepting migrants on Thursday after New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/nyregion/rockland-migrants-shelter-nyc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> to house them in hotels in Orange and Rockland Counties. 
The engaged couple from Queens is now scrambling to secure hotel rooms for their 60 guests before their wedding on May 20, less than a week away. 
&#8220;What we feel right now is, we feel very cast aside,&#8221; groom-to-be Sean Plunkett <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/crossroads-hotel-newburgh-cancels-wedding-guest-reservations-asylum-seekers-relocated-nyc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;This is a whole, big hot-button issue, but at this point we really just want what&#8217;s best for us and our friends and family,&#8221; he added.
The hotel did not inform them that their room block had been canceled, according to the couple. After hearing that the hotel planned to house migrants, they said they reached out and were told that their reservations, and all other block reservations for the next few months, had been canceled. 
&#8220;We figured it would be a situation where they’d be there, we’d be there and it’d be fine,&#8221; Plunkett said. 
The couple <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/migrant-crisis/wedding-parties-lose-hotel-rooms-to-migrants-bused-to-suburbs-county-fights-nyc-plan/4330771/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> had guests from Ireland, Ecuador, Japan, Canada, and England planning on staying at the hotel. The Queens couple was not the only fiancés facing the same situation. <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/13/wedding-guests-scramble-after-hotel-taking-nyc-migrants-cancels-rooms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to the New York Post, a Florida couple also had their block of 30 rooms canceled at The Crossroads Hotel ahead of their June wedding to make room for migrants. 
“We felt discarded, disappointed and angry that they just tossed us aside to make an extra dollar for the hotel. It’s just not right,” Deanna Mifsud, a bride-to-be, said. 
The couple also said they weren&#8217;t adequately notified by the hotel, telling the Post that only one guest had been informed their reservation was canceled. “We were on hold for 45-plus minutes and were ultimately told, ‘We can’t do anything for you, bye bye,’ and we were hung up on,” Mifsud said. 
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Additionally, a local Christian ministry had to relocate its services after losing access to the building, CBS New York <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/crossroads-hotel-newburgh-cancels-wedding-guest-reservations-asylum-seekers-relocated-nyc/">reports</a>. 
Choice Hotels chain, which includes brands like Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, and Cambria Hotels, operates The Crossroads Hotel. According to CBS New York, after the outlet aired a story on the last-minute cancellations, a Choice Hotels spokesperson said affected guests had been contacted and the chain is &#8220;ensuring they are assisted with their accommodations.&#8221;
Orange County and the City of Newburgh on Friday filed three lawsuits in an attempt to block the relocation of migrants to hotels there, <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/migrant-crisis/wedding-parties-lose-hotel-rooms-to-migrants-bused-to-suburbs-county-fights-nyc-plan/4330771/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NBC 4. They are suing New York City, The Crossroads Hotel, and Ramada.

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Editor&#8217;s note: The CEO of the non-profit support group has been accused of misrepresenting the events described in this story.
Homeless <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/veterans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">veterans</a> are being kicked out of several <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> hotels as officials brace to take in more migrants from the southern border, according to a group that works with U.S. military veterans.
Sharon Toney-Finch, CEO of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/12/homeless-vets-are-being-booted-from-ny-hotels-to-make-room-for-migrants-advocates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the New York Post that 20 homeless veterans were told they would need to end their stay early at hotels not far from New York City and find somewhere else to go. 
“Our veterans have been placed in another hotel due to what’s going on with the immigrants,’’ said Tony-Finch. She said that 15 veterans were kicked out of Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh and five others were moved from a Super 8 and a Hampton Inn and Suites in Middletown.
New York City Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> has been moving migrants, many of whom crossed illegally into the U.S. and are awaiting court dates, to Orange County, where both Middletown and Newburgh are located, because the Big Apple has seen such an influx of migrants. 
Tony-Finch, whose <a href="https://www.yitfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">foundation</a> works with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homelessness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">homeless and low-income</a> veterans, said she received calls from some of the veterans after she said they were told they would need to move out. Veterans allegedly moved out include those who fought in Vietnam and Afghanistan. 
“He [one veteran] told me he had to leave because the hotel said the extended stay is not available. Then I got another call. We didn’t waste any time,’’ Tony-Finch told the Post. “That’s when we started on Monday to organize when and where to move them all.”
Tony-Finch said that they were in the process of finding permanent housing for the veterans, who she arranged to move to a hotel in Hudson Valley, but that the veteran’s trust in the foundation was damaged because of the move. “Now we have to work from ground zero. We just lost that trust,” she said. 
One reason the veterans were moved out, according to Tony-Finch, is that the hotels get paid more by New York City to house migrants than by the foundation to house vets. “That’s so unfair, because at the end of the day, we are a small nonprofit, and we do pay $88 a day for a veteran to be there,” she said.
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State Assemblyman Brian Maher said that America’s veterans should be respected and that they should get priority over migrants. 
“Whether you agree with asylum-seekers being here or not, we can’t just ignore these veterans that are in our charge that we are supposed to protect: the New Yorkers and Americans,” Maher, who represents Orange County told the Post. “We need to put them first.”

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Graduates from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/city-university-of-new-york-cuny" target="_blank" rel="noopener">City University of New York</a> (CUNY) School of Law turned their backs and yelled as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> delivered the school’s 2023 commencement address.
The heckling followed a protest over proposed budget cuts to the school by Adams and criticisms over his response to the death of Jordan Neely. Students interrupted, yelled, and booed during Adams’ remarks, which occurred during a Friday <a href="https://www.law.cuny.edu/students/commencement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">graduation ceremony</a> at the Colden Auditorium of Queens College.
“For 22 years of my life, I wore a bulletproof vest and protected the children and families of this city as a police officer. So I know what it is. I know what it takes to hold this city together,” Adams said during his speech. “We have a lot of challenges, a lot of things that it needs discipline. And just as you see these graduates here, I know what it is to protest.”
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Other attendees in the crowd appeared to have a more positive response to Adams’ words, at times clapping and cheering.
“These are exciting times, and we know we can move this city forward as we did with the issues around immigration, issues around public safety, issues around how we build a better city for all,” Adams said, as students continued to yell.
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His speech <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-mayor-adams-cuny-law-school-commencement-booed-turned-backs-cuts-20230512-ksde65c7f5h6zaqv74mo5gya3y-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">followed news</a> that CUNY might lose around $150 million in city funding, according to Comptroller Brad Lander, who said that the cuts would have a deleterious effect on the school. “That means a CUNY that cannot show up for its students,” he said.
It is not the first time that Adams, a former cop, has faced criticism over his commencement appearances. Last year, students <a href="https://www.change.org/p/ban-eric-adams-from-pace-2022-commencement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempted to ban</a> Adams from speaking at Pace University, to no avail.
One student shouted the name &#8220;Jordan&#8221; during the ceremony, a likely reference to Neely, who died after being placed in a chokehold on a subway train. Neely was restrained after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marine-who-put-jordan-neely-in-chokehold-on-nyc-subway-to-face-criminal-charges-over-his-death-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">witnesses say</a> he embarked on an aggressive rant and began screaming that he did not care if he went to jail.
Adams said that it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-aoc-spar-over-death-of-unstable-homeless-man-at-hands-of-former-marine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was irresponsible to classify</a> what happened as “murder” until more investigation had followed.
“I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s very responsible at the time where we are still investigating the situation. Let&#8217;s let the DA conduct his investigation with the law enforcement officials. To really interfere with that is not the right thing to do and I&#8217;m going to be responsible and allow them to do their job and allow them to determine exactly what happened here,” he said.

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Some of the thousands of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-blasts-biden-says-border-crisis-has-destroyed-nyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants in New York City</a> will be heading to the suburbs after the city received less than a tenth of the federal funds it requested from the Biden administration to handle the crisis.
New York City applied for $350 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to house and care for thousands of illegal immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. On Friday, the Biden administration informed the Big Apple that it would send the city $30 million, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/05/nyc-mayor-blasts-fema-for-asylum-seeker-funding-00095653" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“Let us be very clear: This is both disappointing and woefully insufficient for a city that has carried the cost of sheltering, feeding, and supporting more than 60,000 asylum-seekers in the last year,” Mayor Eric Adam’s spokesperson Fabien Levy said in a statement. “New Yorkers have stepped up tremendously throughout this crisis and we look forward to working closely with our congressional delegation to remedy this serious mistake.”
On the same day as Biden&#8217;s snub, Adams announced that his administration will begin sending illegal immigrants out of New York City to ease the burden the influx of illegal immigrants has placed on the city. Two hotels in Orangeburg and Orange Lake — which are located in Rockland County, New York — will temporarily house 300 single adult males.
Rockland County Supervisor Teresa Kenny said in a Facebook post that Adams called “to notify me of plans to house migrants at a hotel in Orangetown,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-sending-migrants-upstate-influx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News.
&#8220;I agree that this calls for a Federal, not a local solution … to send these people to a location that is not equipped to meet their needs, is a betrayal of that often-expressed desire by NYC to be a sanctuary for them,” Kenny added.
Adams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-blasts-biden-says-border-crisis-has-destroyed-nyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called out</a> the Biden administration last month, saying that the president’s border policies have turned New York City into a disaster. New York City will spend $4.2 billion to house and care for illegal immigrants by the middle of 2024.
“The city is being destroyed by the migrant crisis,” Adams said.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earmarked $322 million Friday for communities along the southern border facing the brunt of the border crisis, such as El Paso, Texas, according to POLITICO. DHS said that it will send a second round of funds totaling $360 million to cities beyond the border, which will likely include New York City.
“This first round of funding was focused primarily on the needs of border communities due to the urgencies they are confronting,” the department said in a statement. “Several interior cities also received funding. The City of New York received the most of any interior city by a significant margin given its challenges.”
Illegal immigrants are expected to flood into the U.S. after Title 42, the Trump-era public health order keeping illegal immigrants in Mexico as they wait for asylum claims, ends on May 11.
Through the first six months of fiscal year 2023, which began in October, there have been more than 1.2 million border encounters, <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Customs and Border Protection data. That doesn’t include illegal immigrants who crossed and escaped detection.
There are at least 34,800 illegal immigrants currently being housed in shelters throughout New York City, according to the latest data from City Hall, the Post reported. Last year, Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) began sending buses of illegal immigrants to leftist “sanctuary cities” across the U.S., including New York.

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) sparred with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> over the death of Jordan Neely, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homelessness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">homeless</a> man with an extensive criminal record, at the hands of a former Marine.
Witnesses said Neely embarked on an aggressive rant in a subway train on Monday afternoon, moving erratically and allegedly screaming that he did not care if he went to jail, according to video footage obtained by freelance journalist Juan Alberto Vazquez and a <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/02/shocking-video-shows-vagrant-being-choked-to-death-on-nyc-subway/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the New York Post. Another unnamed passenger, who sources said is a Marine veteran, placed Neely in a chokehold with the help of at least one other passenger. The New York City medical examiner <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/03/medical-examiner-rules-jordan-neelys-death-a-homicide-after-subway-choking/">confirmed</a> on Wednesday that Neely&#8217;s cause of death was a “chokehold.”
Residents of New York City assembled at the Broadway-Lafayette subway station to protest the death of Neely with chants such as “Black Lives Matter” and “The Homeless Matter,” according to more video <a href="https://twitter.com/samanthaellimax/status/1653838140254179329" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage</a> obtained by Gothamist reporter Samantha Max.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department told Newsweek that Neely has a <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/jordan-neely-arrest-record-outrage-grows-subway-death-1798248#:~:text=A%20spokesperson%20for%20the%20New,transit%20fraud%20and%20criminal%20trespass." target="_blank" rel="noopener">record</a> that includes 42 prior arrests between 2013 and 2021, including an active warrant for assault at the time of his death related to a 2021 incident.
Adams remarked in a <a href="https://twitter.com/TweetBenMax/status/1653868329705041921" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that the death of Neely underscores the need to assist unwell homeless people rather than permitting them to remain on the streets. “Any loss of life is tragic. There’s a lot we don’t know about what happened here, so I’m going to refrain from commenting further,” he said. “I need all elected officials and advocacy groups to join us in prioritizing getting people the care they need and not just allowing them to languish.”
Ocasio-Cortez emphatically <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1653907660201160704" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disagreed</a> with the statement on social media and countered that Adams was not “able to clearly condemn a public murder because the victim was of a social status some would deem ‘too low’ to care about.” She said Adams had “cut the very services that could have helped him” and said in another social media <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1653880169516466178" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> that Neely was “houseless and crying for food in a time when the city is raising rents and stripping services to militarize itself.”
Adams was asked in an <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/315-23/transcript-mayor-adams-appears-live-cnn-s-cnn-primetime-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> whether he agreed with the sentiment from Ocasio-Cortez that Neely was “murdered.” He responded that the lawmaker’s claim is not “very responsible at the time where we are still investigating the situation,” adding that “we cannot just blatantly say what a passenger should or should not do in a situation like that, and we should allow the investigation to take its course.”
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Ocasio-Cortez, a leading <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-doubles-down-on-defunding-the-police-claims-concerns-over-crime-wave-are-hysteria" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advocate</a> for shifting resources away from police forces, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-says-nyc-mayor-should-fund-community-violence-prevention-programs-over-raising-police-wages" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contended</a> last month that Adams should fund community social programs rather than implementing a salary increase for police officers.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> Police Department officials encouraged residents to place <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/apple" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple</a> AirTags in their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cars</a> to prevent <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thefts</a>.
Grand larceny auto has drastically increased in New York City as the annual number of vehicle thefts in the broader United States <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/car-thefts-in-america-reach-highest-level-in-over-a-decade-analysis-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surpassed</a> one million for the first time in nearly two decades. New York City Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> said at a Sunday <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/300-23/transcript-mayor-adams-makes-public-safety-announcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> that residents should use AirTags, which are small, disk-shaped devices that attach to keys, bikes, and other items, to help police officers track stolen vehicles.
“This simple device, this simple AirTag, hidden in a car at a location that a person is not aware of is an excellent tracking device. It&#8217;s easy to monitor,” Adams said. “As soon as we are notified about a grand larceny auto, and even if it&#8217;s days later, we can still track the car and find the person who&#8217;s driving and put a break on what we are experiencing in the city with grand larceny autos.”
AirTags presently <a href="https://www.apple.com/airtag/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sell</a> for $29 and require battery replacement once per year. NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDChiefOfDept/status/1652759702697017345?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media that officers would use drones and conventional police work to recover stolen cars with the aid of the AirTag.
Adams revealed that the Association for a Better New York would donate 500 AirTags for residents and added that the city would work with corporate partners to increase access to the technology.
“Your greatest investment is your automobile,” he continued. “It&#8217;s used for many different reasons: to get to and from your place of employment, to drop your children off every day, to deal with any medical procedures you may have.”
New York state witnessed a 23% increase in vehicle thefts between 2021 and 2022, according to a <a href="https://www.nicb.org/news/news-releases/vehicle-thefts-nationwide-surpass-one-million-first-time-2008" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Thefts have particularly risen for certain Kia and Hyundai vehicles, which lack electronic immobilizers that prevent criminals from bypassing the ignition in cars manufactured by other companies. Viral social media videos have instructed young thieves on how to steal the vehicles, according to a <a href="https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/hyundais-kias-are-easy-targets-amid-boom-in-vehicle-thefts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
New York City officials have <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/242-23/mayor-adams-city-corporation-counsel-hinds-radix-city-intends-file-suit-against-kia-#:~:text=Due%20to%20the%20absence%20of,thefts%20in%20the%20preceding%20months." target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserted</a> that the increases in Kia and Hyundai thefts are attributable to the companies turning a “blind eye” to the vulnerability.
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“We have the right to expect that those cars have standard anti-theft measures,” Adams said last month. “We’re going to hold Kia and Hyundai accountable for the public nuisance they’ve created and protect New Yorkers’ cars.”
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