{"id":2012144,"date":"2023-08-25T14:38:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-fight-back-against-citys-plan-to-house-migrants-in-converted-school\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T14:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:40:13","slug":"hundreds-of-new-yorkers-fight-back-against-citys-plan-to-house-migrants-in-converted-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-fight-back-against-citys-plan-to-house-migrants-in-converted-school\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yorkers unite against city&#8217;s migrant housing proposal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-of-new-yorkers-fight-back-against-citys-plan-to-house-migrants-in-converted-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012144&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Hundreds of New Yorkers Fight Back Against City&#8217;s Plan to House Migrants \u200bin Converted School<\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds of New Yorkers took to the\u200b streets on Thursday evening\u2063 to protest a controversial plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-mocked-for-giving-biden-a-slap-on-the-wrist-for-opening-detention-camps-for-migrant-kids\/\" title=\"AOC Mocked For Giving Biden A \u2018Slap On The Wrist\u2019 For Opening Detention Camps For Migrant Kids\">house migrants<\/a> in a Staten Island \u200bschool, according to WABC-TV.<\/p>\n<p>The city of New York recently purchased\u2063 the St. John Villa Academy and decided to convert\u200d it into a\u2062 facility to accommodate approximately \u2064300 migrants, \u200cas \u2063reported by WABC-TV.<\/p>\n<p>However, the local community is concerned about the safety implications of housing migrants in a residential area with \u200ctwo nearby schools.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Street outside St John Villa Academy taken over \u200cwith protestors <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TTT2HjApqQ\">pic.twitter.com\/TTT2HjApqQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victoria Manna (@Victoriamanna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Victoriamanna\/status\/1694488489549508642?\">August 23,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the protest, three \u2063arrests were\u200b made, according to WABC-TV.<\/p>\n<p>New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed that\u200d the state has already served around 100,000 migrants \u2064and sent a list of demands to the Biden administration for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul requested\u200b expedited work permits for the migrants, additional funds for education, more shelters, \u200creimbursements for National Guard deployments, and payments for future costs associated with their \u200bpresence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For\u200c more \u2062than a year, we have faced an unprecedented surge \u200cin asylum seekers coming to New York.<\/p>\n<p>This crisis is not slowing down. That\u2019s why today, I sent a\u200b formal request to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> to take a series of actions to support the more than 100,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-allow-in-around-25000-asylum-seekers\/\" title=\"Biden Administration To Allow In Around 25,000 Asylum Seekers\">000 asylum seekers<\/a> in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul\/status\/1694761654578262119?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the White House \u2062expressed reluctance to fulfill all of Hochul&#8217;s demands, attributing New York&#8217;s migrant crisis to congressional inaction.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the\u200d ongoing debate, the city&#8217;s plan\u2064 to house migrants in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-fight-back-against-citys-plan-to-house-migrants-in-converted-school\/\" title=\"New Yorkers unite against city's migrant housing proposal.\">converted school remains<\/a> in motion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-in-on-deadly-subway-clash-after-desantis-calls-marine-a-good-samaritan\/\" title=\"Trump Weighs In on Deadly Subway Clash After DeSantis Calls Marine a 'Good Samaritan'\">nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can \u2063provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u2062post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hundreds-new-yorkers-fight-back-citys-plan-house-migrants-converted-school\/\">Hundreds of New Yorkers \u2063Fight Back Against City&#8217;s Plan to House Migrants in Converted\u200b School<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to house migrants in a Staten Island school sparked protests by hundreds of New Yorkers. The school, formerly known as St. John Villa Academy, was purchased by the city in 2018. 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