Cops raid illegal migrant encampment on Randall's Island
NYPD and parks police officers stormed the Manhattan park for the second straight day on Thursday — breaking down what remained
“This is going to take a while,” he continued. “We’re going to have to do this for some time to come.”Police said they also seized 11 mopeds, 11 empty tents, seven shopping carts, and shut down five illegal vending tables — while picking up trash and debris throughout the area.
outside the city-funded 3,000-bed mega-shelter on the island — with migrants camping out in at least 50 tents and peddling food, cigarettes and weed from a row of tables along a walking path.One migrant was led away in handcuffs after he zoomed into the middle of a police raid on Randall’s Island on a scooter.On Thursday, more than 80 uniformed personnel — NYPD, FDNY and parks department cops and workers — converged on Randall’s Island shortly after 3 p.m.
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