Posted on 09/14/2024 12:50:07 PM PDT by Libloather
The controversial migrant encampment at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field will remain for another year, The Post has learned.
The National Parks Service, which oversees the historic former airfield off Flatbush Avenue, notified city officials Friday it has agreed to the Adams administration’s request for a lease extension to continue operating the 2,000-bed tent city.
The original lease was set to expire Saturday.
“This extension request was thoroughly reviewed and responds to the State of New York’s continued emergency declaration,” wrote Jennifer T. Nersesian, superintendent of Gateway National Recreation Area, a part of the National Park Service.
“As stewards of this site, visitor access, public safety, and preservation of natural and cultural resources are our top priorities,” she added. “Our team has worked to ensure Floyd Bennett Field remains accessible to the public while the lease is in place and will continue to do so for the extension of the lease.”
Since the migrant shelter was set up, residents of Brooklyn’s Marine Park, the Rockaways and other nearby sleepy communities have complained the new arrivals are bringing more shoplifting, panhandling, gutter scams and other unsavory activity to their neighborhoods.
“The people who live in Rockaway and [southern] Brooklyn have been extremely clear on this: they do not want a shelter in Floyd Bennett Field,” fumed Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens), upon learning of the extension.
“I will keep searching for ways to reverse the shelter-city status and end the migrant crisis. We cannot keep pouring taxpayer dollars into a failed project that endangers New Yorkers and diverts much-needed city funds from those who need them most.”
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Can’t find this in the USC?
Ahhhh, the joys of wintering over under a poly-tarp. Seasons greetings!
The original lease was set to expire Saturday.
So, Just Whom was it least to?
They voted for it. I think Staten Island is the only normal borough.
Areola is what you/me are thinking of.😎 Pronounced same.
I wish I knew when WE THE PEOPLE decided to let all these freeloading illegal aliens in or are we just doing what the UN Turd Worlders are telling us to do.
Like I’ve said many times, I’m so glad they never built a subway to Staten Island from the other 4 gutters.
Only way to get here is the ferry or The incredibly expensive Verrazano bridge from brooklyn and manhatan....manhatten by ferry, brooklyn by way of the bridge.
That doesn’t mean Staten Island isn’t getting shadier.
Just a lot slower...by the time it gets too bed to live here, I’ll be in Ohio or whatever state is liveable by then
You can always move upstate bro. We have nature galore, and world class vino! Salute!
Wine!! I’ll be there tomorrow! :)
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