Erie County refuses NYC migrants after two sex assaults at Buffalo-area hotelsBy Carl Campanile
August 13, 2023
Upstate Democratic Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said he’s refusing to accept any more migrants from New York City after two sexual assault incidents occurred at Buffalo-area hotels housing asylum seekers last week.
Poloncarz said his reversal came after learning the facilities are not safe, adding that Erie County’s “trust and good faith has been betrayed.”
The county executive said DocGo, a contractor hired by the Adams Administration to provide services to the migrants relocated upstate, “may have interfered” with the Cheektowaga police’s investigation in the second assault case.
DocGo had been the subject of complaints even before the latest incident.
“I demanded [New York City] Mayor [Eric] Adams pause all further transportation of asylum seekers to our community until such time as we can resolve all security issues,” Poloncarz said during a Saturday press conference posted by Spectrum News.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/13/ny-erie-county-denies-nyc-migrants-amid-sex-assaults-by-buffalo/
