NEW YORK (AP) — A high official representing a suburban New York county the place New York Metropolis’s mayor desires to ship asylum seekers vowed to struggle the plan Monday by implementing the state of emergency he declared over the weekend.
Rockland County Government Ed Day, a Republican, deliberate a information convention to debate New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to bus as much as 300 single grownup male migrants to accommodations in Rockland and Orange counties.
Adams, a Democrat, introduced the plan Friday to bus migrants to the 2 counties north of the town on a voluntary foundation. He mentioned this system would assist the town deal with the greater than 37,500 asylum seekers already within the metropolis’s care.
Adams mentioned the migrants could be supplied with meals and different companies throughout their time within the accommodations.
Day responded by saying a state of emergency Saturday.
The county government mentioned Rockland County already has an “excessive” housing disaster and sending busloads of migrants “will solely compound that difficulty tenfold whereas straining help techniques which are already at a breaking level.”
Day mentioned in a information launch that the state of emergency will prohibit different municipalities from bringing folks to Rockland County and can prohibit accommodations and motels from housing immigrants with no license.
He mentioned the state of emergency will stay in impact for at the least 30 days and embody fines of $2,000 per migrant for the accommodations and for any municipality that sends migrants to Rockland.
Day deliberate a information convention later Monday with different opponents of Adams’ plan together with U.S. Rep. Michael Lawler, a Republican.
Requested for a touch upon Day’s state of emergency, a spokesperson for Adams referred to the mayor’s Friday information launch in regards to the migrant plan.
