Asylum-Seekers Arrive At Westchester Hotel From NYC Overnight

YONKERS, NY — Despite reports that New York City had shelved plans to place asylum-seekers at a Westchester hotel, the first busloads of immigrants arrived from Manhattan last night.

In the hours before about 40 refugees arrived at the Ramada Inn on Tuckahoe Road, Westchester County Executive George Latimer told WVOX News Radio that NYC's plans to place immigrant families at the hotel fell through, but those assurances appear to have been premature.

The county executive pledged that when asylum-seekers do arrive, the county will work to support municipalities with security and humanitarian needs. Although New York City will pay for the housing and meals for the immigrants, Latimer said that there will be other needs that the local community will be duty-bound to provide.

The county executive told radio listeners that New York City was reaching out to a number of hotels in Westchester to find space for an overwhelming number of immigrants arriving in the city from the southern border.

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said asylum-seekers from New York City arrived in the town of Newburgh after being told by New York City officials that the immigrants would not be sent.

In a statement, Neuhaus said both the state and New York City assured the town of Newburgh and Orange County that no buses with asylum-seekers would be sent to Orange County until further notice. He said the New York State Police, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the supervisor of Newburgh and his police department were not notified that the buses.

"Sadly, we have learned that you cannot trust the word of New York City’s mayor and the leadership of New York," Neuhaus said.

Two buses with about 20 to 30 men arrived around 10:30 a.m. at the Crossroads Hotel in the town of Newburgh on Thursday.

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