It appears the illegal migrants being sent to New York City are sitting pretty. Mayor Eric Adams (D) has provided these individuals with some cool digs in the Big Apple, much to the consternation of some of its residents. While Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) have complained to high heaven about the influx of illegal aliens being sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), they have spared no expense to ensure the comfort of these same individuals.
Eric Adams Offers Deluxe Accommodations
The New York Post published a piece detailing how New York City’s migrant tent cities compare to shelters housing homeless Americans. As you might imagine, residents are not too happy about the stark differences between the two. “They’ve got Xboxes? Get the f–k outta here!” said a young man living in the HELP Meyer shelter on Randall’s Island, located only 350 yards away from the brand-spanking new tent facility. “The building I’m in is so f–king awful,” he said. “The smell is awful on every floor. The bathrooms are terrible with p–s everywhere and s–t everywhere. There are flies in the bathroom.”
“The tents look five times better,” he continued, noting that he sleeps on “a raggedy bed with a hard mattress.” The man also complained about the food situation. “Once a month, if I recognize the food, I’ll eat it,” he explained. “But you taste some meals and you don’t know what it is.”
By contrast, those staying in the migrant tent cities are eating quite well. Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol told The New York Post about the three “culturally appropriate” meals of “South American fare,” that people receive daily. “The folks have already been providing food, which is great,” he said. “Crews, including myself, have been eating it for the past couple of weeks.” The report continued:
“And while the migrants will get to relax on plush couches while watching an array of flat-screen TVs or playing video games in a lounge outfitted with ping-pong and foosball tables, photos shot by Hines inside HELP Meyer show a spartan TV room with molded, hard plastic chairs.”
Another person living in the homeless shelter said most residents don’t use their TV room. “Nobody really goes into the TV room because there’s just one TV so you can’t really choose what you want to watch and the chairs are uncomfortable,” he said, also mentioning that he has back pain from sleeping in the beds. “You can feel the springs in the mattress. The beds are uncomfortable,” he explained.
Migrants and illegals living in the tent city have their clothes laundered for them. In the homeless shelter, they must use washing machines that are frequently in need of repair.
HELP USA is the nonprofit organization that runs HELP Meyer. It was founded by former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “Under terms of a $64.7 million contract, the city pays more than $5,300 a month each to house 200 single men in 95 dorm-style rooms at HELP Meyer,” according to The Post.
(Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
Adams Comes Under Fire
Residents have long complained about Mayor Eric Adams for how he has run the city since taking office earlier this year. Recently, Christopher Baugh, a former employee of city hall, was fired after footage of a conversation with an undercover reporter from Project Veritas went public. During the discussion, Baugh criticized Adams over his handling of the migrant issue, as well as others.
“I think what [Greg] Abbott was doing has proven effective. Like, it’s flooding our system,” he said. “I think the optics of this are bad for Biden, and they’re bad for the mayor… And I don’t know that Eric Adams is capable enough to navigate it.”
He also criticized police officers who chose to resign instead of complying with the city’s vaccine mandate. “They [former NYPD] chose not to do a very, very harmless thing that, like, protects the rest of society, f— them,” Baugh said. “I don’t give a sh–. They are like, ‘This is unfair.’ F—ing deal with it. We’re allowed to set the terms of employment. Period.”
He was fired soon after the recording hit social media. Adams’ office claimed his termination resulted from his comments on first responders and not his criticism of the mayor.
“This was a low-level staffer who had no private or special access to the mayor and who wasn’t hired by this administration,” said Fabien Levy, Adams’ press secretary in a written statement. “His comments today disparaging first responders are completely unacceptable, and we’ve terminated this employee effective immediately. Mayor Adams will always stand up for our first responders and have their backs.”
Treating illegal aliens with more care than the city’s residents is not a good look for Eric Adams. In June, his approval rating dropped to 29%. Decisions like this are one of several reasons why people living in the Big Apple are not too keen on their mayor. But this does not seem to faze Adams in the slightest. Perhaps he is more concerned about positioning himself for higher office than managing his city.