Staten Island leaders ask judge to force closure of asylum seeker shelter at former St. John Villa Academy

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Angry Staten Island officials stepped up their battle to get the city to close the asylum seeker shelter at a former Catholic school.

"Those three people have stopped working for the residents of the city and have put their priorities in the hands of those who have come across our border in violation of our law," said Borelli. by 5% now and up to 15% this fiscal year to help pay the tab for some 206 facilities to house asylum seekers in all five boroughs.

"Listen to the mayor's own words. We are shifting resources away from public services for New Yorkers to serve this population of which I can say my constituents want no part of. They don't support this idea of sanctuary city," said Borelli."So perhaps in this courthouse, we'll see where the buck stops on the city government and the state government and the federal government. And perhaps this is where that pendulum starts to swing back.

The court battle centered on whether Adams had the right to say that over 113,000 asylum seekers coming to New York City constitutes an emergency and, therefore, he had the right to open shelters wherever he could find space, including Staten Island. "The city says Staten Island needs to shoulder its fair share, that it needs to have its slice of the pie. Well, a slice of the poison pie is not fair share," said State Sen. Andrew Lanza.

 

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