False Claims of Migrants Displacing Homeless Veterans Spark Controversy

Reports about migrants displacing unhoused veterans from hotels in upstate New York have been found to be false after an investigation by local news outlets. The chief executive of Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT), a non-profit organization focused on housing military veterans, has been accused of fabricating stories about unhoused veterans getting kicked out of hotels to make space for migrants. The investigation found that receipts were altered and unhoused men were recruited to pose as displaced veterans. Fox News issued a rare on-air correction, and the state attorney general's office is looking into the situation.