New York City Councilmember Vicki Palladino has infuriated Brooklyn's wealthy liberals for failing to demand that Democratic Mayor Eric Adams establish shelters for illegal border crossers in their neighborhoods. She has the perfect facilities for such an undertaking.
The 19th Ward councilman on Monday spoke on his pointed out the Armory. temporary shelter.
Above a photo of the facility, Palladino wrote:
This is the inside of the Park Slope Armory, which was just renovated a few years ago. Look at this open indoor space. There is enough space to accommodate around 1,000 migrant beds. Bathroom and shower on site. Local public transportation and a thriving, affluent, progressive community.
She then asked why local residents who are on the left and support sanctuary cities don't demand that immigrants be housed in sanctuary cities.
This is the inside of the Park Slope Armory, which was just renovated a few years ago. Look at this open indoor space. There is enough space to accommodate around 1,000 migrant beds. Bathroom and shower on site. Local public transportation and a thriving, affluent, progressive community.
why… pic.twitter.com/RxkEoK3aBm
— City Councilmember Vickie Palladino (@VickieforNYC) January 22, 2024
“Why aren't all progressives in Park Slope demanding that immigrants be housed safely in brand new community facilities?” she asked. “I'm sure they're all willing to give up their children's after-school programs, fitness classes, and tennis lessons to 'live their values' as the world's most welcoming community for 'refugees.' ”
There are currently no immigrant shelters in the Brownstone neighborhood, where residents have an average annual income of more than $150,000 and the median home price is $1.46 million.
“Never before has there been a petition from the Park Slope Community Board to Mayor Adams expressing a desire to help 'New New Yorkers' feel welcome in their community. It's very strange,” Palladino continued. “Neither did our local councilor volunteer this vast, modern space to assist us in our crisis.”
“Why should immigrants endure the freezing cold of Floyd Bennett Field when they can have access to this palace in Park Slope?” she wrote. “Come on, Park Slope. Show me how it's done.”
Migrants evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field arrive at James Madison High School on Bedford Street in Brooklyn, New York City, during a storm on January 9, 2024. (Gardiner Anderson, New York Daily News, via Getty Images)
Palladino is not the only city council member from a wealthy part of a large city to ask these questions.
Josh McBroom, a city councilman in Naperville, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, also wonders why wealthy community members aren't more proactive in offering spare rooms in their large homes to illegal shelters. I have doubts.
McBroom asked whether wealthy people in the Naperville community would be interested in putting their names on a list offering their homes to shelter one or two immigrants. I thought about it for a few minutes.
“We have a very affluent community and we have a lot of large homes. What I would like to do is direct our staff to create a registration sheet for individuals who are willing to take in immigrant families.” he spoke on the floor of the City Council. In January.
Naperville City Council Member @joshmcbroom I just solved the “burden” (@Chicago Mayor) Registration list of immigrants brought to Chicagoland.
Certainly, the considerate “no one is a crook” residents of Naperville and its surrounding suburbs will live their values. It will be a change. pic.twitter.com/72pP2KeppX— Dan Proft (@DanProft) January 17, 2024
Naperville is not as affluent as Park Slope, with an average annual income of just over $56,000, but there are some much higher-income neighborhoods.average house price of naperville That's over $520,000. In contrast, the average home price is Chicago is $279.000.
“I think we need to find someone who is willing to take in immigrant families,” McBroom concluded.
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