Migrants Are Staying at P.S. 188 in Coney Island
At least 75 migrants are sleeping on cots in PS 188’s gym in Coney Island. They are only supposed to be there temporarily.
If the school was closed, no one would care. But the students are using the school and parents need to feel that their children are safe at school. (See video from parent here)
The NYC Comptroller, Brad Lander went on television to say that PS 188 in Coney Island was a good place for asylum seekers. Why is the Comptroller of NYC commenting? Why doesn’t NYC have someone who is more understanding towards the parents?
CBS shared that some parents are refusing to send their children to school. (See here)
This picture was made yesterday by my constituents near PS 188. Today I spoke to NYC Office of Emergency Management about the school gym turning into a migrant shelter. Commissioner Iscol told me this gym would be used as a “overflow processing facility”. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Csg2UAzHTb
— Council Member Ari Kagan (@CMAriKagan47) May 15, 2023
Police are protecting the area and news trucks are outside the school finding out parent’s reactions.
Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis was on the news speaking out against hotels and schools being turned in housing for the migrants. She mentioned Brannan.
Councilman @JustinBrannan and other #NYC Democrats may want to continue turning more hotels & schools into shelters and parks into tent cities, but I refuse to help them fund this madness. Tell @POTUS to secure the border and stop misinterpreting NYC’s right to shelter law! pic.twitter.com/RYIqAmPa5W
— Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) May 15, 2023
Then Brannan snapped back on Twitter and blamed Malliotakis.
On May 12th, Brannan wrote on Twitter that families were being placed at PS 188, which wasn’t true. (See videos)
At Ps 188 in Coney Island Brooklyn .
— Viral News NY (@ViralNewsNYC) May 15, 2023
Migrants are being temporarily housed at the school. Someone dropped off a bags a clothing for the migrants. #Migrants #NYC #Migration pic.twitter.com/0gvE3dNvIm
More schools’ gyms are being used tonight. (See news)
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Hugs,
marlene
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