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politics2 years ago

Addressing Misinformation and Diplomacy: Managing the US-Mexico Border Crisis.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler criticized GOP lawmakers for sharing a debunked story about homeless veterans being kicked out of hotel rooms to make space for migrants. Nadler displayed a scroll of tweets from GOP lawmakers amplifying the false story to stoke fears about the border crisis. The story was quickly debunked, and a New York state lawmaker who first set off the media frenzy over the story said he was "devastated and disheartened" to learn it was fabricated. Nadler drew a connection between the story and the GOP's ongoing focus on the southern border, even as the predicted post-Title 42 surge in migration has failed to materialize.

via The Hill|
#border-crisis#gop#homeless-veterans
politics2 years ago

False Claims of Homeless Vets Being Displaced for Migrants Probed by Attorney General

New York State Assemblyman Brian Maher, who was a volunteer spokesperson for the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, has said he is no longer affiliated with the nonprofit after allegations that homeless veterans were pushed out of a hotel to make room for migrants were found to be false. Maher has called for an investigation into the nonprofit by the New York State Attorney General’s office and the Orange County District Attorney. Sharon Toney-Finch, the founder and chairman of the foundation, denied the allegations and said she never offered money to homeless men to say they had to leave the hotel.

via CNN|
#homeless-veterans#investigation#migrants
politics2 years ago

False Claims of Homeless Vets Being Evicted for Migrants Exposed as Hoax

The founder of a nonprofit group, Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, has been accused of fabricating a story about homeless military veterans being evicted from a New York hotel to make room for migrants, a tale that stoked days of outrage on cable news networks. The story was picked up by conservative news outlets, but cracks in the story emerged after an investigation by a local newspaper, the Mid Hudson News. The managers of the hotel told the paper the story wasn't true, and a receipt purporting to show that the Crossroads Hotel had been paid $37,800 to house the veterans appeared to have been sloppily doctored.

via Military.com|
#fabricated-story#homeless-veterans#investigation
politics2 years ago

Hoax Claims of Veterans Displaced by Migrants Exposed

Fox News and other right-wing media outlets ran with a story claiming that homeless veterans were being displaced from hotels in upstate New York to make room for migrants. However, the story turned out to be a hoax. The nonprofit group that works on temporarily housing the vets confirmed that they had been told to vacate and move elsewhere, but no migrants had taken their place. The story was debunked by local media, and the veterans advocate who had initially made the claim admitted to lying. Despite this, Newsmax continued to run news segments claiming that homeless veterans had been removed from housing to make room for migrants.

via The Daily Beast|
#fox-news#hoax#homeless-veterans
politics2 years ago

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.

via The Hill|
#hoax#homeless-veterans#migrants
politics2 years ago

"Migrant Housing Plans in NYC Spark Legal Battles and Advocacy Efforts"

Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus has filed a lawsuit to stop the immigration surge in New York City after homeless veterans were kicked out of hotels to make room for migrants. Neuhaus has filed a restraining order against Mayor Eric Adams' migrant transportation plan and the hotels housing them. The lack of information and transparency from the mayor's office is a major concern for the community. New York City taxpayers are allegedly footing the bill for the migrants' hotel stays. There were reportedly 20 veterans who were told they would no longer receive temporary housing at the hotels.

via Fox Business|
#homeless-veterans#lawsuit#migrants
politics2 years ago

Migrant hotel placement sparks legal battles in New York.

Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus filed two lawsuits against Mayor Eric Adams and hotel operators for housing migrants in Orange County hotels and evicting homeless US veterans living there. Neuhaus accused Adams of lying and endangering public safety by sending 82 migrants to Newburgh hotels without proper vetting. In one case, 20 struggling vets were evicted from the Crossroads Hotel to make room for the migrants. More than 60,000 migrants have arrived in New York City in the weeks before the end of Title 42. A City Hall spokesman said Orange County needs to "do their part" to shoulder some of the migrant burden.

via New York Post |
#homeless-veterans#lawsuit#mayor-eric-adams