Dozens of seniors in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a>, including a 94-year-old Army veteran named Frank Tammaro, were evicted from their senior center, which was then converted into a migrant shelter.
City officials have estimated that tens of thousands of migrants have entered the city since last spring, which is costing around $5 million per day. Mayor Eric Adams, who previously boasted about NYC being a &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; for migrants, has more recently complained about the influx of migrants.
Tammaro <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/crisis-new-york-94-year-old-vet-struggles-move-nursing-home-evicts-replaced-migrants">told</a> Fox News that he had lived in the center for five years, and intended to spend the rest of his days there until he and the other members were notified that they were being kicked out. After he was evicted, Tammaro&#8217;s family found out that the center was turned into a migrant shelter.
&#8220;I do get upset when I see them handing out all this money and all these things, and I&#8217;m paying taxes and getting kicked out,&#8221; Tammaro said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never got anything from the city. Or the state.&#8221;
The veteran&#8217;s daughter, with whom he now lives, echoed the same sentiment. &#8220;I don&#8217;t understand it at all. It&#8217;s not fair to anybody,&#8221; Barbara Annunziata said. &#8220;These migrants, they&#8217;re getting everything. They&#8217;re getting everything and I can&#8217;t get nothing for [Tammaro]. It angers me.&#8221;
&#8220;I can’t even get him an aide,&#8221; she continued, noting that her father&#8217;s insurance rejected long-term requests for care. &#8220;I only could get him an aide for 30 days and then they cancel it. So what, he has to pay for it then?&#8221;
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To try to address the influx, city officials earlier this year started to house migrants inside school gyms, which upset NYC residents. Parents complained that their kids lost access to recess and some sports and were basically put on “lockdown” since there were strangers living at their schools.
&#8220;I don’t mind giving a helping hand, but when it interferes with the education of our students, I do care,&#8221; one New Yorker <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPCznr0p0Cg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complained</a>.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not fair, and it only happens in low income communities, where children are failing and not empowered in any way,&#8221; the resident added. &#8220;It makes me angry.&#8221;
Notably, now that Mayor Adams is dealing with the border crisis directly, he&#8217;s changed his tune on the migrant issue. He&#8217;s criticized the Biden White House, but also still blames congressional Republicans.
“It is the irresponsibility of the Republican Party in Washington for refusing to real immigration reform, and it’s the irresponsibility of the White House for not addressing this problem,&#8221; Adams <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_0OsFMYDOY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> back in May.

Neighborhood residents, joined by anti-migrant activists, hold an 8th demonstration and rally to protest the city housing migrants at a closed Catholic school, St. John Villa Academy, September 28, 2023, in the Arrochar neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.

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The annual lighting of the giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan will be targeted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, who plan to disrupt the event.
On Wednesday night at 7 p.m., the tree will be lit, but pro-Palestinian groups issued a “call for action,” in which they insisted “Jesus was a Palestinian,” rather than Jewish. The call for action states, “Flood The Tree Lighting.” Demonstrators are urged to bring flags, signs, and wear kaffiyehs.
“We do anticipate that there will be protests in the city on Wednesday — to include around the area of the tree lighting — and at future gatherings around the city in the days and weeks to come, as we have seen over the past seven weeks,” a spokesman for the NYPD’s Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau stated. “The NYPD will be on hand to protect the tree lighting and all those attending, and we will not tolerate disruption or any threats to public safety.”
The use of the term “flood,” which Hamas <a href="https://lieber.westpoint.edu/legal-context-operations-al-aqsa-flood-swords-of-iron/">used</a> in calling the October massacre of Israelis the “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” was noticed.
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Notice it’s not a prayer protest for peace, it openly embraces the Hamas-Iran hate rhetoric of “flood” which was a call to genocide on Oct 7.
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Earlier this week pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Ypsilanti, Michigan, drowning out a children’s choir.
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“Feel good about ruining Christmas for little kids?” asks an irritated onlooker. 
Pro-Hamas protesters in Ypsilanti, MI, disrupted a Christmas tree lighting, drowning out the children&#39;s choir before followed the crowd and wreaked havoc at a planned concert. <a href="https://t.co/S3PELEhEqJ">pic.twitter.com/S3PELEhEqJ</a>
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Pro-Palestinian protesters just disrupted a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Ypsilanti, Michigan, chanting as crowds gathered for the annual event in the city’s historic district <a href="https://t.co/bpuCB50n89">pic.twitter.com/bpuCB50n89</a>
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Last week, pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the traditional Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, gluing their hands to 6th Avenue in Manhattan. Balloons and floats intended to travel down the street were blocked, forcing the NYPD to divert the parade, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/23/metro/pro-palestinian-protesters-glue-their-hands-to-street-disrupting-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost">reported</a>. The parade traditionally ends at Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters have glued their hands to 6th Avenue, disrupting the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; floats, bands and balloons are being diverted. <a href="https://t.co/nYKLGyev87">pic.twitter.com/nYKLGyev87</a>
&mdash; Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) <a href="https://twitter.com/chayesmatthew/status/1727707695510163923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is intended to be lit every day until January 13. On Christmas Day, it is lit for 24 hours, and on New Year’s Eve, it is lit from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m.
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The first lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree occurred in December 1933. In 1936, the Center erected two trees and a new ice skating rink was opened in Rockefeller Plaza. During World War II, the tree was adorned with red, white, and blue unlit globes and painted wooden stars. Between 1942-1945, the tree remained unlit because of blackout regulations. The tallest tree at the Center was erected in 1999 when a 100-foot tall tree was placed there. In 2011, after the 9/11 attacks, the tree was decorated in red, white, and blue.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> signaled its opposition on Monday to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Republican bill designed to stymie migrant housing on federal lands as pressure builds for Washington to tackle the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a>.
A <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HR5283-SAP.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from the Office of Management and Budget said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> &#8220;strongly opposes&#8221; the legislation that prohibits the use of federal funds to provide housing to &#8220;certain noncitizens, including migrants seeking asylum,&#8221; on properties under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service.
&#8220;The Administration opposes this legislation because it would significantly restrict the ability of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to make decisions regarding the appropriate uses of their lands and resources, even in emergency or other situations,&#8221; the statement added.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) introduced the legislation, which has several GOP co-sponsors, in August and it <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1717978303032955381" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advanced</a> out of the House Natural Resources Committee <a href="https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-bill-prevent-migrant-housing-federal-lands-passes-house-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in the weeks that followed</a>.
The bill contains a clause that <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/09/15/floyd-bennett-field-to-house-migrants--city-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nixes a lease agreement</a> with the federal government allowing New York City — which has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-announces-billions-in-budget-cuts-and-slashes-to-nypd-to-deal-with-migrant-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resorted to budget cuts</a> amid the <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/650-23/amid-deepening-asylum-seeker-crisis-mayor-adams-new-steps-stabilize-city-s-budget-as" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ballooning costs</a> of taking care of the estimated 10,000 asylum-seekers arriving every month — to use Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn as an emergency shelter for migrants.
“Not only did President [Joe] Biden create this crisis but he unfairly wants to continue taking tax dollars and public spaces like Floyd Bennett Field from citizens to perpetuate it,” Malliotakis said in a statement <a href="https://www.silive.com/news/2023/11/white-house-against-rep-malliotakis-bill-that-would-ban-migrant-housing-in-places-like-fort-wadsworth.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported by the Staten Island Advance</a>.
The congresswoman added that she expects and looks forward to the GOP-led house passing her bill this week and sending a &#8220;clear message&#8221; to Biden and leading New York Democrats that people in her district &#8220;have had enough of their self-created migrant crisis that they can and should end today.&#8221;
Though the legislation would likely face long odds in the Democrat-controlled Senate, the expected passage of the bill in the House this week comes as Congress grapples with a partisan debate over whether to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-rips-dems-for-refusal-to-link-real-border-security-to-other-challenges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">link funds to national security priorities</a> in places such as Israel and Ukraine to U.S. border security reforms.
“Last month’s total southern border encounters marked the busiest October in decades of [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] records. And the harsh reality of the Biden Administration’s border crisis continues to impact millions of Americans in cities across the country,&#8221; said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) <a href="https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=3F6F54EC-DE8D-45CF-A37E-18C8C674E862" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in remarks pushing</a> for a swift remedy.

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Biden Admin ‘Strongly Opposes’ GOP Bill To Block Migrant Housing On Federal Lands

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Cops are quitting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a>&#8216;s police force in droves with more than 2,500 officers leaving just this year.
A total of 2,516 NYPD officers have left so far this year, the fourth highest in the past 10 years, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/25/metro/2516-nypd-cops-head-for-exits-so-far-in-2023-pension-data/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NYPD pension data obtained by the New York Post.
The number also 43% higher than the 1,750 cops who left the force in 2018.
More cops are quitting before they get their pensions, too. Back in 2020, about 509 officers quit before the 20 years on the force they need to get their full pension. This year, 1,040 officers below the 20-year mark have quit already, a 104% increase, and the year is not even over.
“The workload is a leading factor driving people away from the job,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/25/metro/2516-nypd-cops-head-for-exits-so-far-in-2023-pension-data/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “If the NYPD is going to survive these staffing reductions, it cannot just keep squeezing cops for more hours.”
Over just two days in February, 21 officers left the force for the MTA, the Post reported.
In June, former NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell stepped down, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-commissioner-shocks-city-with-resignation-sources-blame-tension-with-mayor-adams">reportedly</a> due to tension with the mayor’s office.
The mass exodus comes as the police department faces drastic budget cuts due to the city&#8217;s illegal migrant crisis.
Mayor Eric Adams announced the budget cuts earlier this month. The NYPD will be slashed to just 29,000 cops by September, 2025, the lowest level in over two decades. The next five Police Academy classes have also been canceled as part of the cuts.
Also this year, the NYPD lowered its fitness standards to bring more women onto the force, a decision the mayor <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/01/nypd-kills-timed-run-requirement-for-new-nyc-cops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> had to approve.
Last month, however, Adams admitted that the city needs more cops.
“We can use more,” Adams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-says-city-needs-more-cops-with-force-down-more-than-2000-officers">told</a> MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I’m very clear on that.”
The mayor added that he believes the problem extends beyond New York City and that “we have a law enforcement crisis across the country.”
In fact, other cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, and Nashville, have also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-police-hiring-crisis-is-gripping-u-s-cities-and-towns">struggled</a> with a police shortage in recent years.
Many in law enforcement say departments are suffering from flagging morale thanks to a wave of anti-police sentiment that peaked with the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. In some cases, city councils have slashed police budgets, leaving some police chiefs feeling abandoned as they are stretched thin trying to keep residents safe.
Resignations among cops were up 47% last year over 2019, and retirements were up 19% <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-experiencing-police-hiring-crisis-rcna103600" target="_blank" rel="noopener">among</a> 200 police forces surveyed by the Police Executive Research Forum.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalized New York City&#8217;s flagship public library in Manhattan on Thanksgiving, and the clean-up process could cost up to $75,000.
The enormous building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, known for its iconic lion statues out front, was defaced with red handprints, stickers, and green spray paint during at least three separate protests over the last few weeks.
The most damage was done on Thursday when hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
“On Thanksgiving, individuals involved in a protest engaged in a shameful act of vandalism to the Library’s flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman building, a space devoted to the open exchange of ideas and intellectual debate,” New York Public Library spokeswoman Jennifer Fermino <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/24/palestinian-protesters-arrested-macys-thanksgiving-parade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Washington Post.
The flagship library building is named for Stephen A. Schwarzman, a Jewish businessman and philanthropist who donated $100 million in 2008 for the library&#8217;s expansion.
Some of the graffitied structures are delicate carved pieces that may have to be replaced if crews cannot remove the paint without damaging them, Garrett Bergen, director of facilities for the library, <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-public-library-facing-steep-graffiti-cleanup-costs-after-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Gothamist.
“It is too early to say the costs of fixing the damages but the repair costs for all could be between 60k and 75k,” Fermino <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/26/metro/ny-public-library-facing-75k-cleanup-after-pro-palestinian-protesters-vandalism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the New York Post.
The NYPD ended up arresting 34 protesters, including some who spray-painted “Free Palestine” on the library&#8217;s pillars. Library display boards outside the building were <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/26/metro/ny-public-library-facing-75k-cleanup-after-pro-palestinian-protesters-vandalism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also</a> vandalized with green and red paint — the colors of the Palestinian flag — and the words &#8220;Free Gaza.&#8221;
Some protesters also briefly disrupted the parade by gluing their hands to the pavement on its route. Several wore white jumpsuits drenched in fake blood and <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/23/metro/pro-palestinian-protesters-glue-their-hands-to-street-disrupting-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bearing</a> words like “colonialism,” “consumerism,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “fascism.”
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Police <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/24/palestinian-protesters-arrested-macys-thanksgiving-parade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> four people allegedly connected to the library vandalism were criminally charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, trespassing, and disorderly conduct. The other 30 people arrested were issued summons for trespassing.
The library&#8217;s vandalism comes in the wake of budget cuts due to New York City&#8217;s illegal migrant crisis.
Earlier this month, Mayor Eric Adams (D) slashed the city&#8217;s budget in several areas, including public libraries, policing, and sanitation.
“Migrant costs are going up, tax revenue growth is slowing, and COVID stimulus funding is drying up,” Adams <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/libraries-summer-school-police-and-composting-face-cuts-amid-nyc-budget-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
The library spokeswoman <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/24/palestinian-protesters-arrested-macys-thanksgiving-parade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the library “strongly supports the right to protest” but said the &#8220;steep budget cuts&#8221; have already affected the library&#8217;s service and the vandalism will be &#8220;costly to repair.&#8221;
Libraries across the city have already <a href="https://pix11.com/news/local-news/nyc-public-libraries-shutter-weekend-service-due-to-mayor-adams-budget-cuts/#:~:text=Library%20officials%20expect%20more%20budget,result%20in%20deeper%20service%20impacts.&amp;text=The%20elimination%20of%20Sunday%20service,service%20will%20be%20Nov.%2026." target="_blank" rel="noopener">shuttered</a> on Sundays in response to the budget cuts.

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After announcing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-cuts-police-education-budgets-to-deal-with-ongoing-illegal-immigration-crisis-pounding-nyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">major budget cuts</a> to the city’s police force and Education Department last week, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams blamed the federal government for leaving him with no choice but to strip money away from New Yorkers to deal with the illegal immigration crisis. 
Adams’ $4 billion budget cuts will freeze police hiring, dropping the number of NYPD officers to below 30,000, and will slash the city’s Education Department budget by more than $1 billion over the next two years, affecting school programs and libraries. The mayor said Monday that the budget cuts are a direct result of the Biden administration’s inaction on the migrant crisis rocking New York, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/20/new-york-eric-adams-budget-00128222" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“D.C. has abandoned us, and they need to be paying their cost to this national problem,” Adams said at a Brooklyn town hall. 
“I tell people all the time when they stop me on the subway system, ‘Don’t yell at me, yell at D.C.,’” he added. “We deserve better as a city.” 
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The Big Apple has been inundated with illegal immigrants who were bused to the city after crossing the southern border over the past two years. More than 130,000 illegal immigrants have overwhelmed city shelters since last year, and the influx shows no signs of stopping. Adams warned last month that the surge is “not sustainable” as the city currently takes in up to 4,000 migrants a week, up from 2,400 people, according to Adams. 
Along with cuts to police and education spending, city officials confirmed Monday that they would look to cut “asylum-seeker” expenses by 20%. The immigration crisis has come with a significant price tag for the city, which is projected to spend $12 billion providing food and shelter for illegal immigrants through the 2025 fiscal year, according to city officials. Adams has repeatedly clashed with the Biden administration on the issue, calling for the president and Homeland Security Secretary to do more to stop the flow of illegal immigration at the southern border and provide assistance to New York City. 
“No city should be left to handle a national humanitarian crisis largely on its own, and without the significant and timely support we need from Washington, D.C. Today’s budget will be only the beginning,” Adams said when announcing the budget cuts last week.
The mayor has met with Biden administration officials multiple times to discuss the ongoing border crisis and its impact on New York City, but the talks have so far failed to move the federal government to take any significant steps on the issue. 
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Last month, Adams was en route to D.C. to meet with the Biden administration once more, but he canceled his plans after being informed that the FBI was investigating his campaign. Days later, Adams’ cell phones were confiscated by federal agents amid the probe into allegations that the mayor’s 2021 campaign conspired with the Turkish government.

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Eric Adams Pins Blame For City Budget Cuts On Biden Admin: ‘D.C. Has Abandoned Us’

Eric Adams Pins Blame For City Budget Cuts On Biden Admin: 'D.C. Has Abandoned Us'

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The family of the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer has reportedly made a deal with Peacock worth $1 million to make a documentary series.
Two independent sources <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/murder-gilgo-beach-family-earn-money-rex-heurmann/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NewsNation that the suspect’s wife and family will receive $1 million for participating in the project, which will follow their lives as they cope with the upcoming trial and how it has uprooted their lives.
The suspect, who The Daily Wire is not naming, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-a-pizza-box-and-hair-led-police-to-the-suspected-gilgo-beach-serial-killer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was arrested</a> on July 13 for the murder of three women whose bodies were found on Gilgo Beach in Long Island, New York, in 2010. Six days after his arrest, his wife filed for divorce.
She will now begin attending each of his court appearances to see the evidence against her husband, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/gilgo-beach-suspect-rex-heuermanns-estranged-wife-court/story?id=104858840" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The estranged wife also visited her husband in jail recently.
The suspect’s estranged wife talked to reporters for the first time in July after investigators finished searching the family home, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/gilgo-beach-suspect-rex-heuermanns-estranged-wife-breaks-her-silence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time.
“If you want to take pictures, go ahead. I’m OK with it now,” the woman told reporters, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12349299/Gilgo-Beach-killers-wife-Asa-Ellerup-breaks-silence-say-husband-Rex-Heuermanns-three-alleged-murders-left-depressed-traumatized.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Daily Mail</a>. “If you want to stand up here and wait for something. I have a lot of work to do.”
“The sheer depression of what I saw was enough trauma,” she added.
After filing for divorce, the woman’s attorney, Bob Macedonio, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/rex-heuermanns-wife-pictured-first-time-files-divorce-gilgo-beach-serial-slaying-suspect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News that the arrest had taken a toll on the family.
“This is all still a whirlwind,” Macedonio told the outlet. “Her and her children’s lives have been completely turned upside-down.”
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Macedonio further said that about an hour after the 59-year-old suspect was arrested, authorities went to his house and informed his family. They then seized the family’s passports, computers, phones, and iPads.
“They were home and the cops came in, and they were completely blindsided, and they told them what was going on,” Macedonio told Fox.
Police investigating the Gilgo Beach serial killings are operating on the theory that the suspect committed the murders in his own home, a source told CNN.
The theory is based on the fact that the suspect’s family was out of town during the murders, suggesting he may have lured the victims to his home, a source involved in the investigation <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/us/gilgo-beach-serial-killings-rex-heuermann-house/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN.
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Authorities are operating under this theory, the source said, as they continue to search the suspect’s home for trace evidence of the victims. Killing them at his own home would have allowed him to control the environment while having easy access to the materials found along with the victims at Gilgo Beach on Long Island, such as tape and burlap bags.
Four bodies were found within days of each other. The body of Melissa Barthelemy was found on December 11, 2010, during a police training exercise with a K9, according to <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23876053-heuermann-bail-application" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a bail application</a> obtained by the Daily Beast. Two days later, police searched the area and discovered the bodies of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello. So far, the suspect has not been charged for Brainard-Barnes’ death but is the prime suspect.
If convicted, he faces multiple life sentences without parole.

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The New York Man suspected of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in New York has been charged with rape.
Craig Ross Jr., 47, was initially charged with only first-degree kidnapping after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/missing-9-year-old-abducted-from-ny-campground-found-safe-in-suspects-camper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly abducting</a> the young girl, Charlotte Sena, from Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County, New York, on September 30. Sena was found safe inside the cabinet of a camper belonging to the suspect.
Ross is now believed to have raped the young girl while holding her for two days before she was found, according to prosecutors.
A massive search effort was launched after Sena disappeared, with an Amber Alert saying she was “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/search-continues-for-9-year-old-girl-missing-from-ny-campground-in-imminent-danger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in imminent danger</a>.” She was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/missing-9-year-old-abducted-from-ny-campground-found-safe-in-suspects-camper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> on October 2.
Earlier that day, Ross allegedly placed a ransom note containing his fingerprints in the Sena family’s mailbox. The fingerprints were entered into a database and came back as a match for Ross, who had a previous arrest in 1999 for DWI.
“He literally drove up to the family’s mailbox, assuming they were not home [at] 4:20 in the morning, opens the mailbox and inserts the ransom note leaving the critical piece of evidence behind — his own fingerprint,” New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul said after Sena was found.
Two law enforcement teams then took helicopters to land at the address where Ross lived in a camper behind his mother’s house. “After some resistance,” Hochul said, Ross was arrested.
“Immediately the little girl was found in a cabinet cupboard,” Hochul said. “She was rescued and she knew she was being rescued. She knew that she was in safe hands.”
It is unclear whether this was random or if Ross targeted Sena specifically, investigators said. He does live just two miles away from her family.
“But it is not known at this time, whether he knew her or had her under surveillance for any length of time,” Hochul said.
Sena was camping with her family over the weekend when she rode her bike around Loop A of the park, at first with family friends and then once by herself. When she didn’t return after 15 minutes, her parents and others began searching for her, finding only her bike. Her parents then called 911.
The search for Sena included more than 400 personnel and 75 law enforcement officials on the ground, including NY State Police K-9s and bloodhounds.

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The estranged wife of the man accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer attended one of his court hearings on Wednesday, the first time she has appeared in court.
The woman, who will not be named since The Daily Wire isn’t naming her husband, filed for divorce just six days after her husband was arrested for allegedly killing three prostitutes and dumping their bodies on Gilgo Beach. The woman’s attorney suggested she would begin attending every court date so that she can see the evidence against her husband, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/gilgo-beach-suspect-rex-heuermanns-estranged-wife-court/story?id=104858840" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The estranged wife also visited her husband in jail recently and is reportedly under contract with a production company, ABC reported.
The court appearance on Wednesday allowed attorneys and prosecutors to handle future scheduling matters.
The suspect’s estranged wife talked to reporters for the first time in July after investigators finished searching the property, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/gilgo-beach-suspect-rex-heuermanns-estranged-wife-breaks-her-silence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time.
“If you want to take pictures, go ahead. I’m OK with it now,” the woman told reporters, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12349299/Gilgo-Beach-killers-wife-Asa-Ellerup-breaks-silence-say-husband-Rex-Heuermanns-three-alleged-murders-left-depressed-traumatized.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Daily Mail</a>. “If you want to stand up here and wait for something. I have a lot of work to do.”
“The sheer depression of what I saw was enough trauma,” she added.
After filing for divorce, the woman’s attorney, Bob Macedonio, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/rex-heuermanns-wife-pictured-first-time-files-divorce-gilgo-beach-serial-slaying-suspect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News that the arrest had taken a toll on the family.
“This is all still a whirlwind,” Macedonio told the outlet. “Her and her children’s lives have been completely turned upside-down.”
Macedonio further said that about an hour after the 59-year-old suspect was arrested, authorities went to his house and informed his family. They then seized the family’s passports, computers, phones, and iPads.
“They were home and the cops came in, and they were completely blindsided, and they told them what was going on,” Macedonio told Fox.
Police investigating the Gilgo Beach serial killings are operating on the theory that the suspect committed the murders in his own home, a source told CNN.
The theory is based on the fact that the suspect’s family was out of town during the murders, suggesting he may have lured the victims to his home, a source involved in the investigation <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/us/gilgo-beach-serial-killings-rex-heuermann-house/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN.
Authorities are operating under this theory, the source said, as they continue to search the suspect’s home for trace evidence of the victims. Killing them at his own home would have allowed him to control the environment while having easy access to the materials found along with the victims at Gilgo Beach on Long Island, such as tape and burlap bags.
The 59-year-old suspect, who remained unidentified for more than a decade, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-a-pizza-box-and-hair-led-police-to-the-suspected-gilgo-beach-serial-killer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was arrested</a> on July 13 for the murder of three women whose bodies were found on Gilgo Beach in Long Island, New York, in 2010.
Four bodies were found within days of each other. The body of Melissa Barthelemy was found on December 11, 2010, during a police training exercise with a K9, according to <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23876053-heuermann-bail-application" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a bail application</a> obtained by the Daily Beast. Two days later, police searched the area and discovered the bodies of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello. So far, the suspect has not been charged for Brainard-Barnes’ death but is the prime suspect.
If convicted, he faces multiple life sentences without parole.

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Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Suspect’s Estranged Wife Attends Court Hearing, Wants To See Evidence For Herself

Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Suspect's Estranged Wife Attends Court Hearing, Wants To See Evidence For Herself

Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants requested a mistrial in his New York non-jury civil fraud case on Wednesday, alleging the appearance of bias from the judge and his principal law clerk had &#8220;tainted&#8221; the trial.
&#8220;This appearance of bias threatens both Defendants&#8217; rights and the integrity of the judiciary as an institution,&#8221; Trump&#8217;s attorneys said in the filing, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-fraud-trial/motion-accuses-judge-of-predetermining-trials-outcome-104914486?id=103642561" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ABC News. &#8220;As developed herein, in this case the evidence of apparent and actual bias is tangible and overwhelming.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s legal team reportedly referenced a Wheatley School alumni page that trial Judge Arthur Engoron appears to run. According to <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4310913-trump-files-motion-for-mistrial-in-ny-fraud-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a>, the judge allegedly made posts about the case or individuals involved in it, including Trump, Eric Trump, and Trump&#8217;s attorney Alina Habba.
The filing pointed to a New York code that states, &#8220;a judge shall not make any public comment about a pending or impending proceeding in any court within the United States or its territories.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s legal team also expressed concern with Engoron&#8217;s principal law clerk, Allison Greenfield, for her &#8220;unprecedented role in the trial and extensive, public partisan activities.&#8221;
&#8220;Such evidence, coupled with an unprecedented departure from standard judicial procedure, has tainted these proceedings and a mistrial is warranted,&#8221; the filing says.
The case stems from New York Attorney General Letitia James&#8217; investigation into Trump&#8217;s business practices. James, who <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/10/03/letitia-james-prosecute-trump-2018-comments-running-office-cnntm-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaigned</a> on prosecuting Trump, has charged the former president, his companies, and members of his family with lying on property valuations to secure favorable loan terms and other illegal advantages.
James is seeking $250 million and restrictions on Trump&#8217;s ability to do business in New York.
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A spokesperson for the New York attorney general&#8217;s office reportedly said that the former president&#8217;s request for a mistrial is an effort to &#8220;dismiss the truth and the facts, but the numbers and evidence don&#8217;t lie.&#8221;
&#8220;He can keep trying to distract from his fraud, but the truth always comes out,&#8221; the spokesperson said.
The filing in Manhattan marks the latest confrontation between Trump&#8217;s attorneys and Judge Arthur Engoron, who issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-imposes-gag-order-in-trumps-ny-civil-fraud-trial-after-former-president-posts-about-court-clerk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gag order</a> against the former president last month, prohibiting him from making public statements about Engoron&#8217;s principal law clerk. Trump has since violated the order twice, costing him $15,000 in fines.
Engoron, a Democrat, already ruled that Trump is liable for &#8220;persistent fraud&#8221; after the New York State Attorney General&#8217;s Office (OAG) said Trump had prepared, certified, and submitted false and misleading financial statements to lenders.
According to ABC News, Engoron did not rule on Trump&#8217;s legal team&#8217;s request for a mistrial on Wednesday to give the New York attorney general time to decide whether the state will respond.
&#8220;I would ask if we could have until tomorrow to determine if we want to put in anything,&#8221; said state attorney Kevin Wallace.
Trump offered remarks before entering the courthouse last week, calling the trial &#8220;political warfare&#8221; and &#8220;political law-fare.&#8221;
&#8220;Usually, it takes place in third-world countries and banana republics,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Nobody has ever seen that to this extent. We&#8217;ve never seen it here.&#8221;
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.

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A mother and her former live-in boyfriend have been arrested after the remains of a 5-year-old girl found encased in concrete in 1988 were identified.
Evelyn Odom, 56, and Ulyster Sanders, 61, were arrested and charged with felony murder, cruelty to children in the first degree, aggravated battery – family violence, concealing the death of another person, and conspiracy to commit concealing the death of another person, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said in <a href="https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-11-13/gbi-identifies-1988-ware-county-baby-jane-doe-arrests-2-her-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a>.
On December 21, 1988, road workers found the remains of a 5-year-old girl encased in concrete and left inside an old television cabinet, HuffPost <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mother-boyfriend-accused-1988-death-unidentified-5-year-old-georgia_n_655264fce4b0373d70b31c98" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Investigators tried to identify the child at the time using available forensic testing and reaching out to local organizations, along with seeking the public’s help through the media, but for 35 years, the girl’s identity remained unknown.
In 2019, GBI agents started to look into whether it was possible to identify the young girl using genealogy, which has helped identify victims – and criminals – in the past. Genealogy services were able to identify a family tree from the Albany, New York, area. They also received a tip from someone following a 2022 story on the anniversary of the child’s death, which led to the victim being identified as Kenyatta “KeKe” Odom. The tipster thought she could identify KeKe&#8217;s mother as the alleged killer, after Odom told the woman that KeKe had left to live with her father back in 1988.
Further investigation led investigators to KeKe’s mother, Evelyn Odom, and Sanders, her live-in boyfriend at the time of the murder. Odom and Sanders allegedly submerged parts of KeKe’s body in hot water, which killed her and disfigured her legs and feet, according to an indictment obtained by HuffPost. The couple allegedly then dumped the child’s body in an “undeveloped location” in order to conceal it.
GBI Special Agent in Charge Jason Seacrist said at a press conference on Monday that KeKe’s remains had been wrapped in a blanket and stuffed in a duffel bag that was then encased in concrete and placed inside a TV cabinet.
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“Baby Jane Doe is no longer unnamed, is no longer unknown,” Seacrist said at the press conference, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/child-death-cold-case-georgia-35-years-95da74f8bb1307e81c023119447265cf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Associated Press</a>. “The baby that was thrown out into a trash pile has been identified, and we’re working to bring justice to her.”

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The federal criminal investigation into New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams&#8217; 2021 campaign reportedly focuses in part around whether Adams, then-Brooklyn borough president, pressured New York Fire Department officials to sign off on a Turkish government construction project in the city despite safety concerns.
The news comes after FBI agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-seizes-eric-adams-phones-amid-federal-corruption-investigation">seized</a> Adams&#8217; electronic devices last week as part of their probe into whether his campaign conspired with the Turkish government to funnel illegal campaign donations into its coffers.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/nyregion/eric-adams-investigation-turkey-consulate.html">reported</a> that after he won the Democratic mayoral primary in the summer of 2021, he allegedly contacted then-Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro and pushed him to allow the Turkish government to at least have permission to occupy on a temporary basis their new high-rise consulate in Manhattan.
Adams&#8217; alleged intervention &#8220;paved the way&#8221; for Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to preside over the grand opening of their 35-story tower in September 2021, the report said. Fire officials said that there were serious safety concerns with the building&#8217;s fire safety system. The building, which cost $300 million, is the country&#8217;s most expensive foreign mission project, the report said.
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“As a borough president, part of my routine role was to notify government agencies of issues on behalf of constituents and constituencies,” Adams said in a statement. “I have not been accused of wrongdoing, and I will continue to cooperate with investigators.”
Before seizing Adams&#8217; electronic devices last week, FBI agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-raids-brooklyn-home-of-nyc-mayors-chief-fundraiser-reports">executed</a> a search warrant on the home of Adams&#8217; chief fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, who was a campaign consultant for Adams. The agents have also interviewed multiple high-ranking officials who were involved in the approval process for the building, the report said.
“After learning of the federal investigation, it was discovered that an individual had recently acted improperly. In the spirit of transparency and cooperation, this behavior was immediately and proactively reported to investigators. The mayor has been and remains committed to cooperating in this matter,” Adams’ campaign attorney Boyd Johson said. “On Monday night, the FBI approached the mayor after an event. The mayor immediately complied with the FBI’s request and provided them with electronic devices. The mayor has not been accused of any wrongdoing and continues to cooperate with the investigation.”
Adams said that he had &#8220;nothing to hide.&#8221;

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