{"id":2217616,"date":"2024-04-10T15:50:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T19:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-parting-ways-with-controversial-company-that-provides-migrant-services\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T15:53:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T19:53:57","slug":"nyc-parting-ways-with-controversial-company-that-provides-migrant-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-parting-ways-with-controversial-company-that-provides-migrant-services\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC ends partnership with controversial migrant services provider"},"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%2Fnyc-parting-ways-with-controversial-company-that-provides-migrant-services%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=2217616&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--><p>New York\u200c City is ending its contract with DocGo, a migrant \u200bservices provider, as announced last Tuesday. The \u2064city had \u200dawarded DocGo a $432 million no-bid contract for COVID-19 testing despite its lack of experience \u2064in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nonprofit-got-massive-border-contract-from-biden-admin-after-they-hired-former-biden-official-report\/\" title=\"Nonprofit Got Massive Border Contract From Biden Admin After They Hired Former Biden Official: Report\">migrant services<\/a>. The termination is set for May 5,\u2062 with \u2064Garner Environmental Services temporarily taking\u2063 over while a new contract is sought. The \u200ccity\u2062 of\u200c New York is severing ties with DocGo, a migrant services provider, following an \u2062announcement made last Tuesday. Despite DocGo&#8217;s\u2063 inexperience in migrant services, it\u200c was\u2063 granted a $432 million\u200d no-bid contract for COVID-19 testing. The\u200b arrangement will \u2063come to an end \u200don May 5, with \u2063Garner \u2062Environmental Services stepping in temporarily\u200c until a replacement contract \u200cis\u200c secured.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>New York City announced on Tuesday it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/09\/nyregion\/docgo-migrants-services-nyc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>parting ways<\/a> with DocGo, a company that provides services to migrants under a controversial contract. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, the city announced it had entered a no-bid $432 million contract with DocGo, a medical supplier servicer that specialized in COVID-19 testing. Prior to the contract, the company had no experience with migrant services. <\/p>\n<p>The contract between the city and DocGo is set to end on May 5. Mayor Eric Adams said he plans to submit a competitive request for a contract with a different company. Garner Environmental Services, which has an existing contract with the city, will take over the services DocGo provided while a new contract is found. DocGo will continue its contract with other cities in New York state. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working with the comptroller on a temporary extension for the upstate DocGo hotels to ensure we are not disrupting children in school and are not leaving our upstate partners without proper notice,\u201d Adams chief of staff Camille Joseph Varlack said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will ultimately allow the city to save more money and will allow others, including nonprofits and internationally recognized resettlement providers, to apply to do this critical work, and ensures we are using city funds efficiently and effectively,\u201d Varlack said. <\/p>\n<p>The city originally entered the contract with DocGo to provide migrants with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-staggering-levels-of-fraud-with-more-than-100-billion-in-covid-19-aid-misspent-or-stolen\/\" title=\"Report: \u2018Staggering\u2019 Levels Of Fraud, With More Than 0 Billion In Covid-19 Aid \u2018Misspent\u2019 Or Stolen\">social services<\/a> such as case management, medical care, food, transportation, and housing. Since signing the contract, the company has been riddled with controversy. <\/p>\n<p>Some migrants were told there were more opportunities if they went north to Albany, New York. Upon arrival, many realized their work eligibility and residency letters were fake. Some migrants said they were treated \u201clike prisoners\u201d in motels, facing written threats that they could be barred from seeking asylum in the United States if caught drinking or smoking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupposedly, they were going to help us get work, but in reality, I see this is false. It\u2019s a lie,\u201d one migrant who was sent to Albany told the <em>New York Times<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s all illusions. It\u2019s all falsehoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albany officials said DocGo did not provide information such as migrants\u2019 names, backgrounds, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-follows-radical-agenda-in-first-72-hours\/\" title=\"Biden Follows Radical Agenda In First 72 Hours\">immigration status<\/a> upon arrival. DocGo said that was due to medical privacy laws, but Albany said DocGo rejected other real solutions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how this is a partnership when you have 300 people on the way here to Albany, and we\u2019re screaming and telling you that we don\u2019t have the resources to help these people,\u201d\u00a0said Evelyn Kinnah, director of the Albany County Immigration Assistance Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll you want to do is put these people on a bus and ship them somewhere else,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City announced on Tuesday its decision to terminate ties with DocGo, a controversial migrant services provider. The city had previously awarded DocGo a no-bid $432 million contract for COVID-19 testing services. 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