Angry NYC Dems stage rally vs. Biden, rip him for being ‘asleep at wheel’ on migrant crisisBy Jack Morphet and Nolan Hicks
July 31, 2023
Furious Democratic pols rallied outside City Hall on Monday against President Biden, blasting him for being “asleep at the wheel’’ on a migrant crisis that is now forcing asylum-seekers to sleep on sidewalks.
“In the words of a famous singing duo, Simon and Garfunkel, who grew up in my district, to the tune of Mrs. Robinson — ‘Where have you gone, President Joe Biden? New York City turns its lonely eyes to you,’ ” said City Councilwoman Lynn Shulman (D-Queens). “Please help us Mr President.”
The protest came as local anger mounts over the Democratic White House announcing last week it would provide relief in the form of a single staffer to try to better coordinate the federal response with City Hall.
The paltry offer comes after a year of requests from Mayor Eric Adams and other top officials for billions of dollars in desperately needed aid, as well as a speedier process to get the recent arrivals work permits.
“The president’s asleep at the wheel on this one, folks, and I’m a Democrat,” said city Councilman Robert Holden of Queens.
Holden — who has compared Biden’s tin ear on aid to failed one-term former President Gerald Ford’s controversial decision to initially deny the Big Apple a bailout in the 1970s, telling New York to “Drop dead” — added, “Where is the Biden administration?
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https://nypost.com/2023/07/31/angry-nyc-dems-stage-rally-vs-biden-claim-hes-asleep-at-wheel-on-migrants/