New York locals feeling betrayed by politicians over migrant crisis

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New York locals feeling betrayed by politicians over migrant crisis

By Curtis Sliwa   
August 28, 2023

In Staten Island, a former Catholic girls school called St. John Villa Academy has become a flashpoint of resistance to the overwhelming migrant crisis.

Many residents in this working-class neighborhood are involved in around-the-clock vigils to stop the school from being filled with 300 migrants. 

St. John Villa may be closed, but two other Catholic schools, and a school for handicapped students, are close by.

Staten Island at this moment feels targeted by City Hall.

Within miles of this site, the Adams administration wants to put migrants at Fort Wadsworth, the oldest active military base in the nation, the Staten Island New York State Armory and the Island Shores Senior Citizen Home in Midland Beach, where seniors were told months ago that they are being evicted to make room for migrants.

Dolan disagrees

To add insult to injury, on Thursday, Aug. 24, Timothy Cardinal Dolan chastised the residents for protesting against the migrant shelter.

This is a borough that boasts of the number of its residents who have graduated from Catholic schools. It is also a borough that, per capita, has had the most Catholic schools closed by Dolan and the archdiocese.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/new-york-locals-feeling-betrayed-by-politicians/