Manhattan Council race heats up with entrance of refugee turned migrant advocate
Edafe Okporo said he knew he had to leave his native Nigeria in 2016, as people were pounding on the door of his home in Abuja, threatening to kill him because of his sexual orientation.
“I am the example of what New York stands for: that somebody can come here and create a life for themselves,” Okporo told Gothamist in an interview ahead of his announcement Wednesday “The mayor thinks that he has good intentions but he surrounds himself with people who do not have experience with migrant issues,” Okporo told Gothamist. “And that is the first step toward finding a solution.”
Okporo says the incumbent has not been aggressive enough on housing affordability, including residents’ concerns over development in the area. And he accused him of not being present enough in the district.
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