The only county in western New York that was accepting migrants from New York City is no longer doing so after the county executive expressed safety concerns for the community.
Eric County Executive Mark Poloncarz referenced two sex crimes involving migrants in his decision to request New York City no longer send migrants to the county. Poloncarz said Mayor Eric Adams agreed to the pause.
The supervisor of the town where the hotels are located is considering legal action to remove the migrants from both hotels. Some of the migrants have been moved to Amherst. On August 12, shortly after the two alleged sex crimes, Poloncarz held a press conference announcing Erie County would no longer accept migrants from the city and that the Adams administration agreed to the pause.
Eyewitness News attempted several times to confirm with Adams' press secretaries that NYC has agreed to a pause with Erie County, since the mayor has said - as recently as last week - he believes every county in the state should be helping with the migrant crisis. They did not provide us with a response.
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