NY lawmaker exposes hoax about homeless veterans being evicted for migrants

A story about hotels in upstate New York throwing out homeless veterans to make room for migrants bused from New York City turned out to be false, according to a local news outlet. The CEO of Orange County nonprofit Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, Sharon Toney-Finch, who made the original claim, failed to provide any evidence to support her story. At least one of the purported veterans said they were paid by Toney-Finch to lie about being thrown out. Staff at Crossroads Hotel and two other hotels confirmed they never had dealings with the nonprofit or never housed any veterans.