AND FORMER NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN
AND GUBINATORIAL CANDIDATE LEE
ZELDIN. WE BEGIN IN NEW YORK
CITY WHERE THE MAYOR AND CITY
OFFICIALS ARE GRAPPLING WITH A
GROWING MIGRANT CRISIS. ANOTHER
BUS CARRYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
FROM THE BORDER ARRIVED IN THE
BIG APPLE EARLIER TODAY. CITY
OFFICIALS ARE DESPERATELY
SEARCHING FOR PLACES TO HOUSE
THOUSANDS MORE EXPECTED TO BE ON
THE WAY. NEW YORK CITY BEGAN HOUSING MIGRANTS IN SEVERAL
HOUSING MIGRANTS IN SEVERAL
PUBLIC SCHOOL GYMNASIUMS. MAYOR
ADAMS IDENTIFIED MORE POTENTIAL
HOUSING OPTIONS. BUT IT DIDN’T
TAKE LONG FOR THOSE MIGRANTS TO
BEGIN LINING THE STREETS OF
THESE SCHOOL ZONES. WITH THESE
MIGRANTS GATHERING OUTSIDE THEIR
SHELTER AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEAR CONEY ISLAND. CITY
OFFICIALS ARE REVERSING COURSE
AND MOVING MIGRANTS OUT OF THE
SCHOOLS BUT IT ONLY CAME AFTER
PARENTS AND STUDENTS TOOK TO THE
STREETS.
>> GIVE BACK OUR GYM, WE NEED IT
FOR THE KIDS. GIVE US BACK OUR
GYM, WE NEED IT FOR THE KIDS. WE
WANT OUR GYM BACK, WE WANT OUR
GYM BACK. WE WANT OUR GYM BACK.
>> YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN, THIS
IS JUST COMMON SENSE. YOU’VE GOT
11 AND 12-YEAR-OLD GIRLS AND YOU
ARE GOING TO PUT SINGLE ADULT
MALES BESIDE THEM, NOT JUST
SINGLE ADULT MALES BUT MALES WHO
HAVEN’T BEEN VETTED, WE KNOW
PEOPLE IN THE TERROR WATCH LIST
HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER. MS-13
MEMBERS AND PUT THEM ASIDE OUR
LITTLE BABIES.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, COMMON SENSE,
AND THIS IS ON THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, A LOT DEBATE IS
WHERE IS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, THESE ARE WAYS
YOU CAN BETTER SECURE OUR
BORDER. GENERALLY IT’S BAD THE
NEW YORK HAS POLICIES, WHAT GETS
WORSE, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL YOU
DON’T HAVE THE ANSWERS WHO ARE
THESE PEOPLE, WHERE IS THEIR
DOCK NATION, VACCINATED, DO THEY
BRING HEALTH CONCERNS, ARE THEY
A THREAT TO OUR KIDS FOR SOME
TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, SEXUAL ABUSE
BACKGROUND YOU DON’T KNOW. THE
LIST GOES ON. IT’S ON THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE
UNVETTED IN THAT SITUATION. THIS
IS BEYOND JUST BLAMING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
>> IT’S BEYOND THAT, NEW YORK
GOVERNANCE TOP ALL THE WAY DOWN.
HARRIS, IT’S LOW INCOME
CHILDREN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR WHO
IS AFFECTED HERE, LOW INCOME
CHILDREN IN MANY OF THESE
SITUATIONS, THANKS FULLY
REVERSING COURSE, SAME THING
WITH THE PANDEMIC, LET’S CLOSE
THE SCHOOLS, IT WAS THE MOST
VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN OUR
COUNTRY HURT MOST,.
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
THE MAKEUP OF PS 172 IN
PARTICULAR. YOU REALLY COULD SAY
THIS ABOUT PRETTY MUCH ANY INNER
CITY SCHOOL HERE IN NEW YORK,
WHEN THE CITY GOVERNMENT SAID
THEY ARE IN THE ADJACENT GYM,
THEY ARE 20 FEET I CAN’T APART.
THESE CHILDREN, VERY YOUNG
CHILDREN WERE HOUSED POTENTIALLY
GOING TO BE LONG-TERM, EVERYBODY
SAYS NO, NO, NO FROM THE CITY’S
OFFICE, FROM THE MAYOR’S, IT WAS
SHORT-TERM. THE PARENTS WON ON
THIS. JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE
THIS SHOW BEGAN, MIGUEL CHICO
SAID HE WAS PART OF THAT, WE
STOOD OUT, WE ORGANIZED IN FRONT
OF THE SCHOOL, YOU SAW SOME OF
THAT VIDEO THEY SAID, LOOK, WE
HAVE A HEART FOR THE IMMIGRANTS,
WATER, SHOWERS THEY CAN’T GET
THAT HERE IN THE GYM, OUR GIRLS
NEED TO BE PROTECTED, TOO. THEY
DON’T NEED TO BE WITH THE
ADULTS. THE PARENTS WON. IT’S
INTERESTING OF COURSE WE WIN,
OUR VOICES MATTER. BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY HE KEPT HIS KIDS
HOME. SO, THE SCHOOL HAS NO WAY
TO DO ANYTHING BUT BECOME A
SHELTER IF THE KIDS AREN’T IN
THE SCHOOL. WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE
BUT AGAIN THE KIDS PAY AS YOU
SAID DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> YEAH, THEY ALWAYS ARE THE
ONES WHO PAY. WE MAY ALL PAY
SOON, EMILY. THIS CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION. WE MIGHT EXPECT TO
SEE ALL ACROSS NEW YORK.
>> LET US WITH A LARGE FIELD AND
OPERATIONS WE CAN PUT UP THE
TENTS, FUR GOING TO START SEEING
PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS NOT JUST
ON THE BORDER, BUT IN THE
STREETS OF NEW YORK AND ACROSS
NEW YORK STATE BECAUSE WE’VE
REACH ADD BREAKING POINT.
>> TENTS ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
SOUNDS LIKE PORTLAND.
>> EXACTLY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE
WEST COAST. AND CONGRESSMAN,
WOULD LOVE YOUR FURTHER INSIGHT
IN THIS. AS A GUBINATORIAL
CANDIDATE, WE TALK ABOUT THE
TENSION BETWEEN THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND THEN DOWN FROM
ALBANY HERE. WE KNOW THAT
BECAUSE OF A RESTRAINING ORDER
THAT WAS LEVIED BY A JUDGE
TEMPORARILY, QUASHED, BUT
TEMPORARILY. WE ARE DEALING WITH
JUST UNDER 45,000 MIGRANTS IN
THE CITY WITH 13 TO 15 BUSES
EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE
DAYS. CAN YOU ILLUMINATE THE
TENSION BETWEEN ALBANY AND NEW
YORK CITY AND WHAT SUBURBAN
RESIDENTS CAN DO WHO ARE LIVING
IN THESE COUNTIES AT THE BEHEST
OF THIS GOVERNOR, BEHEST OF THIS
MAYOR WHO IS SPREADING THIS
TOXICITY TO THE OTHER COUNTIES.
>> WHAT’S WORSE THAN ASKING THE
QUESTION WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR
IT AND WHEN WILL THIS END IS
WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO KNOW
THAT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AND
THIS WILL NEVER END, THIS WILL
KEEP GETTING WORSE EVERY DAY.
THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE
SAYING THAT THERE IS AN
EMERGENCY, THEY ARE USING WORDS
LIKE THIS IS A CRISIS, THEY ARE
RIGHT. BUT THEY ARE ONLY ASKING
FOR MONEY, THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS
OUT, THEY THINK MORE MONEY IS
GOING TO FIX IT. I WANT TO SEE A
KATHY HOCHUL OR ERIC ADAMS,
DEMOCRATS TO CALL ON PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND SAY FINISH
CONSTRUCTION OF THE BORDER WALL,
DON’T GET RID OF TITLE 42 UNLESS
YOU HAVE A REPLACEMENT, ENFORCE
THE REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY,
SUPPORT CUSTOM AND BORDER PATROL
AGENTS AND CATCH AND RELEASE.
THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT WILL
ACTUALLY FIX IT, THEY ARE SAYING
GIVE US MORE MONEY AS IF THIS IS
GOING TO MAKE THIS GO AWAY.
>> LET’S UP THIS SOUND BITE, WE
HAD IT ON THE FULL SCREEN, TAKE
A LISTEN TO THIS FROM GOVERNOR
HOCHUL. REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS
IN CHARGE OF THE HOUSE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO ALLOCATE MORE MONEY,
WHY DON’T YOU MATCH WHAT NEW
YORK STATE DID, GIVE US A
BILLION DOLLARS FOR NEW YORK,
HELP US WITH THE MONEY, HELP US
WITH THE WORK AUTHORIZATION AND
GET THROUGH SOONER. MONEY IS NOT
YOUR ANSWER GOVERNOR HOCHUL.
CHANGES IN AND JOE BIDEN SAID HE
WOULD VETO.
>> ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, SURE.
WHAT I TALKED TO SOME SOURCES IN
THE CITY, THEY TELL ME HERE IS A
BIGGER PLAN HAPPENING UNDER ERIC
ADAMS, HOCHUL SAID IT AS WELL ON
THAT SOUND BITE YOU ARE GOING TO
START SEEING TENTS ON THE
STREETS, TENTS IN CENTRAL PARKS.
THESE ARE REAL CONVERSATIONS
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE OUTRAGE, THAT THE
PARENTS ARE ANGRY, THE TAXPAYERS
ARE ANGRY, EVERYBODY IS -- IT’S
ALL OVER EVERY NEWSCAST NATIONAL
AND LOCAL TO WHERE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WILL RESPOND WITH
MONEY. THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO
THIS, THE OTHER THING ADAMS
WANTS TO DO AND THIS IS BEHIND
THE SCENES AND THEY THINK THIS
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, HE
WANTS TO PUSH WHERE THERE IS
LEGAL CHANGE ON THE STATE LEVEL
IN ALBANY, YOU KNOW THIS, THEY
HAVE TO ACTUALLY SANK THE
SANCTUARY CITY LAWS, AT WHAT
POINT DOES THIS ISSUE GETS SO
LARGE AND COMBUSTIBLE, AND THIS
THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IS NO
LONGER ASANA IT AIRY CITY, RIGHT
TO SHELTER HAS CREATED THE
HOMELESS DISASTER, AND THE
HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THAT
IS A BILLION DOLLARS
MULTIBILLION DOLLARS INDUSTRY IN
THIS CITY, ALL THE TAXPAYERS.
>> RIGHT TO SHELTER PUSHES OUT
AMERICAN CITIZENS LIKE THE
VETERANS WE SAW IN UPSTATE NEW
YORK. THAT’S WHAT THAT LEGALLY
WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO. WRAP
YOUR MIND OF BILLION DOLLARS,
BETWEEN 61 AND 65 ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS THAT HAVE COME IN
SINCE LAST SPRING. 65,000,
$16,343 PER PERSON. I MEAN,
THAT’S A SALARY. BECAUSE I DON’T
THINK THEY PAY TAXES ON IT,
RIGHT? IS.
>> THE CITY CAN’T AFFORD IT, I
WANT TO THROW IT OUT THERE. THE
CITY CANNOT AFFORD.
>> ALLOCATE ADD BILLION DOLLARS
FOR 65,000 PEOPLE, GIVE OR TAKE,
AND THEN SHE WANTS A MATCHING
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
WHERE IS ALL THAT MONEY GOING TO
GO? WHY DOES SHE NEED ALL OF
THAT? WHAT IS THAT FOR.
>> CORRUPT SERVICE PROVIDERS, I
WILL STOP. CORRUPT SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
>> AND THE VICTIM OF BIDEN’S
BORDER CRISIS, THE CHILDREN
CROSSING THE BORDER, 8-YEAR-OLD