{"id":2018946,"date":"2023-09-01T03:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T07:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calls-grow-for-staten-island-to-secede-from-nyc-as-illegal-immigrant-crisis-escalates\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T03:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T07:09:51","slug":"calls-grow-for-staten-island-to-secede-from-nyc-as-illegal-immigrant-crisis-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calls-grow-for-staten-island-to-secede-from-nyc-as-illegal-immigrant-crisis-escalates\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island urged to secede from NYC amidst rising illegal immigrant crisis."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcalls-grow-for-staten-island-to-secede-from-nyc-as-illegal-immigrant-crisis-escalates%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=2018946&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Growing Safety \u200dConcerns Prompt Staten Island to Consider Breaking \u200dAway from New York City<\/h2>\n<p>Growing safety concerns over the city&#8217;s bussing of illegal immigrants into the outer boroughs have intensified efforts from Staten Island to break away from the \u200dBig Apple.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe values of New\u2064 York City are not in line\u2064 with those of \u200bStaten Island and\u200b they haven\u2019t been for a long time and that divide is only growing larger,\u201d Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella told the Epoch Times. \u201cThere is \u200cthis very real sense that the city won\u2019t listen to our concerns\u2064 and that we\u200d have \u2063reached a boiling point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people feel\u2064 like we are \u200don a tugboat attached to the Titanic,\u201d Fossella said. \u200d\u201cThe people can \u2063see that the city is sinking, and unless we \u200dare okay with \u200dsinking too, there is a need to separate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-suggests-manhattan-da-case-be-moved-to-staten-island-5171046\">Trump Suggests Manhattan DA Case Be Moved to Staten Island<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">4\/4\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-suggests-manhattan-da-case-be-moved-to-staten-island-5171046\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/lee-zeldin-holds-rally-in-staten-island-4834747\">Lee \u2062Zeldin Holds Rally in Staten Island<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">11\/1\/2022<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/lee-zeldin-holds-rally-in-staten-island-4834747\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:1170px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Staten Island Borough President \u2062Vito Fossella at\u200d a protest outside a Catholic school that was converted into a shelter for illegal immigrants on\u200d Aug. 29, 2023. (Courtesy of \u200cthe\u2063 Office of the Staten Island Borough President)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Staten Island, long\u2064 known\u200c as \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/could-the-formation-of-new-smaller-cities-be-the-way-out-for-fed-up-residents-of-liberal-areas\/\" title=\"Could The Formation Of New, Smaller Cities Be The Way Out For Fed-Up Residents Of Liberal Areas?\">forgotten borough<\/a>, has \u200doften flirted with the idea of breaking off from the rest\u2063 of the city.\u2063 It has always been an outlier within the five boroughs, with a majority conservative Republican\u2064 population that is often at odds with the rest of the city. Despite New York City\u2019s status as a blue stronghold, the borough mostly voted for former\u200d President\u200c Donald Trump in 2020.\u2062 However, in recent\u200c years, many residents have reached a \u2062breaking point over increases in crime and, more recently, the bussing of illegal immigrants into residential neighborhoods, according to Mr. Fossella.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey dump these individuals into \u2062our neighborhoods and \u200cto my knowledge none of them have been vetted,\u201d said Mr.\u200b Fossella. \u201cOne of these migrant\u200c shelters is located directly across the street from two elementary schools and they just expect the people to take it. Why would we want to take that \u2063risk?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concern is legitimate. We are not as safe as \u200bwe should be and the people are fed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Staten Island is\u200d facing the \u200dconsequences of a growing surge of illegal immigrants into New York City, the only locality in the state considered to \u2064be a \u201cSanctuary City.\u201d\u2064 Where to put the\u2062 influx of new \u200billegal immigrants has become an \u200cissue of controversy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calls-grow-for-staten-island-to-secede-from-nyc-as-illegal-immigrant-crisis-escalates\/\" title=\"Staten Island urged to secede from NYC amidst rising illegal immigrant crisis.\">inter-party tensions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The city \u2063has long\u2062 claimed a legal obligation to provide housing for every resident under the so-called \u201cright to shelter\u201d law, which was \u2063first established in\u200d 1981. The rule came into existence after advocates for the homeless claimed the \u2062right to shelter in a lawsuit. The city agreed with the homeless advocates, signing a \u201cconsent decree,\u201d which pledged to provide \u200bshelter to anyone suffering \u201cphysical, mental, or social dysfunction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City officials claim an estimated influx of 100,000 illegal immigrants has strained the city\u2019s resources and services. Mayor Adams has insisted \u200bthat New York City can\u2019t sustain the numbers of new illegal immigrants, even \u200dby utilizing the outer boroughs, and has called on the rest of the state to help ease the burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Hochul has been a partner\u200b on subway safety, on crime, on a host of things, but I think on this issue the governor is wrong,\u201d\u200d Adams told students during an Aug. 22 appearance \u200dat \u2062New York Law School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s the governor of the state of New York. New York City \u2062is in that state. Every county in this state should be part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Kathy Hochul has pushed back on sharing\u2063 the burden, declaring during\u200d a speech last\u2062 week that \u201cwe cannot and\u200d will not force other parts of our state to shelter migrants, nor are we going to be asking these \u200dmigrants to move to other parts of \u200dthe state against their will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In \u200dpreemptive motions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-counties-to-defy-gov-hochuls-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"New York Counties to Defy Gov. Hochul's Mask Mandate\">upstate county leaders<\/a> have issued their\u200d own emergency orders to block Adams\u2019s attempts to ship illegal \u2064immigrants \u200dinto their communities. The Adams administration\u200d is \u2064challenging the legality of the emergency orders\u2064 in court.<\/p>\n<p>Staten Island officials understand that \u200das long they remain part of the city, the bus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safety concerns over bussing illegal immigrants to outer boroughs fuel Staten Island&#8217;s push to separate from New York City. 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