Utica, N.Y. - New York City has announced they may ship some of their homeless upstate as they deal with an influx of illegal migrants.
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente says not to his county they wont!
Picente announced today that he is issuing a Local Emergency Order that bars the acceptance of newly-expanded New York City rental vouchers without his authorization.
In a press release Picente said
"This is just a veiled attempt by Mayor Adams to pass New York City’s migrant crisis on to upstate counties". This action is due to the complete failure of federal government policy and lack of leadership in Albany. Oneida County has the same capacity issues as New York City and this maneuver to push their homeless into our community would not only ravage our ability to serve our people in need, but would devastate the affordable housing market and incentivize landlords to displace good local tenants.”
His order goes into effect immediately.
Anyone who violates the order could be subjected to a fine of $2,000 a day.
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