"It Is Not Going To Happen": Idea To House Asylum Seekers At Nassau Coliseum Shot Down By County Executive Bruce Blakeman

By Carolyn Gusoff, CBS New York

August 18, 2023

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- As New York City struggles to find locations for the flood of asylum seekers, one suggestion is not going over well with the Nassau County Executive.

As CBS New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has suggested the Nassau Coliseum be used as an asylum seeker shelter.

"It is not going to happen here in Nassau County," County Executive Bruce Blakeman said.

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