Mamdani nailed with backlash over comments about shooting death of 7-month-old baby girl



Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced fierce criticism when he responded to the death of a 7-month-old baby girl who was struck by a stray bullet in Brooklyn.

The tragic death of Kaori Patterson-Moore on Wednesday led to demands for change from the community, but Mamdani fell back on tired old tropes.

'We all know you still hate police and policing and would dine with this vile criminal if you could get away with it, politically.'

"This is not the first family in our city to know this pain," Mamdani said during a media briefing Thursday.

"Too many children have never grown up into becoming adults," he added. "Too many parents have had to bury those that they love the most. We cannot accept this as normal in our city. We cannot grow numb to this pain, and today is a devastating reminder of just how much more work there is to be done to combat gun violence across this city."

Critics saw the statement as blaming guns rather than criminals.

"Literally anything but blaming the criminals who our system releases onto our streets repeatedly, over and over again, with no consequences," said NYC Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino. "Absolute disgrace."

"Framing this as a gun problem rather than an evil gangbanger problem is more familiar territory for a self-styled progressive," said Manhattan Institute fellow Rafael A. Mangual to Fox News Digital, "whose political base is constituted by people simultaneously (if dissonantly) committed to the cause of 'gun control' as well as efforts to reorient the criminal justice system to be more lenient toward the offenders who pull triggers."

"We should focus on the family's loss today. But every time you now 'thank NYPD,' it burns my blood after you spent your career attacking them and coddling criminals," replied attorney Jim Walden, who ran against Mamdani.

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"You really should be ashamed of yourself, @NYCMayor," Walden added. "But we all know you still hate police and policing and would dine with this vile criminal if you could get away with it, politically."

Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting who was allegedly caught on surveillance video. The video shows one man apparently shooting while riding as a passenger on a moped being driven by another man. The driver is being sought by police.

The baby's family said she had just learned to say her first word, which was "mama."

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'LOADED with fraud': Mamdani announces $425 million child-care handout — open to illegal aliens



On Tuesday at a press conference held at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) covered the advancement of the universal child care program 2-K.

The conference was opened by a lesbian mother and member of New Yorkers United for Childcare, who said, “We want to stay in New York City, and 2-K will make the difference. We want to raise our kids in a city that looks like us, that has the values that we share.” She emphasized, “We see diversity as the greatest strength of New York City”

'We're just getting started!'

Mamdani thanked Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) for her foundational role in the program’s progress.

The program will provide free child care for 2-year-olds in New York City to any family, regardless of "immigration status," a press release from Mamdani's office said.

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Taxpayers will reportedly fork out more than $36,000 per tot for Mamdani’s free 2-K pilot program, which is around $13,000 more than the average cost of private child care, city officials acknowledged Tuesday.

Earlier this year, Hochul committed more than $1.2 billion to support early childhood care and education in New York City, including $73 million to fund the first set of free 2-K seats. That investment will grow to $425 million next year. By fall 2027, 2-K is expected to serve approximately 12,000 children across all five boroughs, with the goal of reaching every 2-year-old in the city at full implementation.

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The governor evinced excitement about the advancement of 2-K.

“2-K is coming, NYC! Proud to work with @NYCMayor to make this a reality. And we're just getting started!” Hochul said on X.

Critics warn of the gates that could be unlocked to fraud. Nick Sortor reposted a video on X criticizing Mamdani, which accumulated over 1 million views.

“This is going to be freaking LOADED with fraud,” Sortor said. “REFUSE TO SEND FEDERAL DOLLARS, 47! We do NOT want to fund Mamdani’s fraud!”.

However, Mamdani shows no signs of slowing down. “This is just the beginning. Universal child care is within reach — and we're making it happen,” he said.

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'This is disgraceful': Mamdani raked over the coals for attack on NYPD



New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced sharp criticism Tuesday from lawmakers and police unions after a chaotic snowball fight in Manhattan's Washington Square Park turned into an attack on NYPD, with agitators pelting officers with snow and ice during a major blizzard.

The incident unfolded Monday afternoon as hundreds gathered for what began as a playful snowball fight amid heavy snowfall. Police responding to reports of disorder were targeted, forcing officers to retreat into their vehicles. Videos showed individuals hurling large chunks of snow at close range, including one dumping ice on an officer's head.

'Back the blue and hold those who disrespect them accountable.'

No arrests have been reported, but NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the behavior "disgraceful" and "criminal" in a statement on X.

"Our detectives are investigating this matter," she said.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and ex-Mayor Eric Adams, both Democrats, quickly blamed Mamdani's history of anti-police rhetoric for fostering an environment of disrespect toward law enforcement.

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"This is disgraceful. But with a mayor who has a history of calling the police 'racist, evil, wicked and corrupt,' he set the tone," Cuomo posted on X. "Words have consequences. We are seeing that in the growing disrespect for law enforcement — just as we've seen it in the rise in antisemitism. Real leaders understand that. This mayor does not."

Adams echoed the sentiment, saying the attack should outrage all New Yorkers.

"Watching officers get pelted with snow while they are out in brutal weather protecting this city should make every New Yorker furious. It is disgusting behavior," he said. "And the politicians who constantly bash the police and refuse to have their backs are setting a terrible example. Leadership matters. Tone matters."

U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from Staten Island, urged Mamdani and other officials to condemn the actions.

"This is disgraceful. @NYCMayor and every elected official in our city should denounce this juvenile attack on our NYPD," she posted on X. "Back the blue and hold those who disrespect them accountable."

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Another Republican congresswoman from New York, Claudia Tenney, directly attributed the incident to the mayor's anti-cop stance: "You can thank Mamdani's anti-police rhetoric for this."

Police unions demanded arrests and accountability. The Police Benevolent Association called the attack "unacceptable and outrageous," urging city leaders to condemn it and charge those involved with assault on a police officer.

Scott Munro, president of the Detectives' Endowment Association, described it as a "deliberate, outrageous, and dangerous attack." He called on Mamdani and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to ensure prosecutions, saying: "No free pass. No get out of jail free card."

Mamdani's office did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses NYC Mayor Mamdani of anti-Semitism after his first day in office



Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of anti-Semitism over moves the freshly inaugurated mayor made during his first day in office Thursday.

The New York Times said Mamdani canceled two executive orders by his predecessor — former Mayor Eric Adams — that had barred city agencies from boycotting Israel and defined some criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic.

'Singling out Israel for sanctions is not the way to make Jewish New Yorkers feel included and safe, and will undermine any words to that effect.'

"On his very first day as @NYCMayor, Mamdani shows his true face: He scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel," the Foreign Ministry wrote on X. "This isn't leadership. It's antisemitic gasoline on an open fire."

The Times called the statement from Israel's Foreign Ministry "an extraordinary accusation of anti-Jewish animosity."

Israel's consul general in New York, Ofir Akunis, added that Mamdani's decision posed "an immediate threat to the safety of Jewish communities in New York City and could lead to an increase in violent anti-Semitic attacks throughout the city," according to the paper.

The Times said New York City is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel.

More from the paper:

Mr. Mamdani has been a strong critic of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians throughout his public life, and the Israeli government has denounced him before. As recently as October, it described him as someone who “excuses terror and normalizes antisemitism” and said he “stands with Jews only when they are dead.”

The two Israel-related executive orders revoked on Thursday were among a dozen orders issued by Mr. Mamdani’s predecessor, Eric Adams, that were canceled or amended by the new mayor on his first day in office. A spokeswoman for Mr. Mamdani had no immediate comment but said that the mayor expected to address Israel’s comments at an unrelated news conference in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon.

On Friday, a coalition of major Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee and the UJA Federation of New York, issued a joint statement opposing the cancellation of the executive orders.

The statement indicated Mamdani had “reversed two significant protections against antisemitism” and expressed particular alarm over the revocation of Adams’ ban on city agencies boycotting Israel, the Times said, adding that Adams signed that executive order just last month.

“Singling out Israel for sanctions is not the way to make Jewish New Yorkers feel included and safe, and will undermine any words to that effect,” the statement said, according to the paper.

The other Adams order Mamdani canceled was a definition of anti-Semitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and included 11 examples intended to illustrate anti-Jewish bigotry — seven of which include or relate in some way to criticism of Israel, the Times said.

Mamdani's views on Israel have been controversial, to say the least. The Times said the new mayor has criticized the Jewish state "in ways that were once seen as unthinkable for an elected official in New York."

For instance, the paper said Mamdani has called Israel an apartheid state and has supported accusations that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Mamdani also has supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel — and he even wants the New York Police Department to enforce an arrest warrant against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Times added.

But the ride into office hasn't been completely smooth for Mamdani, either. Last month, one of his appointees was forced to resign after the Anti-Defamation League brought to light anti-Semitic social media posts.

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The New York Post noted other officials who criticized Mamdani's moves.

Bruce Blakeman, executive for Nassau County and a Republican gubernatorial candidate, said in a statement that "Mayor Mamdani wasted no time showing New Yorkers exactly who he is," the Post reported. "His very first executive action as mayor was not to address crime, public safety, or quality of life — it was to repeal protections for Jewish people. At a moment of exploding anti-Semitism, Mamdani sent a message that Jewish concerns are negotiable and Jewish safety is optional. It's indefensible."

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) posted on X that "Zohran is officially the face of the Democrat Party," the Post added.

Brooklyn Republican Councilwoman Inna Vernikov urged Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York to stand up to Mamdani, the Post said: "@GovKathyHochul can fix this with the stroke of a pen! Will she stand up to Mamdani or will she cower to avoid a Mamdani primary? The Jewish community is watching!"

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Mayor Adams says NYC must 'modify sanctuary city law' to facilitate deportation of law-breaking migrants



During a Monday evening town hall meeting, Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams called for changes to the city's "sanctuary" policy that would allow local law enforcement to turn over some law-breaking migrants to federal agents, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.

Adams has previously expressed support for the city's sanctuary status. However, New York City's overwhelmed shelter system and increase in crime may be pushing the mayor to reconsider the policy.

A video of the town hall meeting posted on social media by independent photographer Leeroy Johnson captured Adams' remarks, where he appeared to walk back his stance on the city's sanctuary status policies.

"The overwhelming number of migrants and asylum-seekers that are here, they want to work. I still don't understand why the federal government is not allowing them to work. They need to have the right to work, like all of us that have come to this country have had the ability to do so," Adams stated.

"But those small numbers that have committed crimes, we need to modify the sanctuary city law that if you commit a felony or violent act, we should be able to turn you over to [United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and have you deported," Adams added.

The room erupted in applause in response to the mayor's comments.

In a separate video, Adams explained that the current laws are preventing him from curbing the illegal migrant crisis within the city.

"People tell me all the time, they see me on the street and they say, 'Well, Eric, why don't you stop the buses from coming in?' It's against the law, I can't. 'Why don't you allow those who want to work — allow them to work?' It's against the law — the federal law — I can't. 'Why do you say you have to house everyone that [comes] in?' Because that's the law. 'Why don't you deport those who commit crimes and harm people that are not doing the right thing?' It's against the law, I can't," Adams said.

Despite "inheriting a national crisis," Adams argued that New York City has handled the influx of migrants better than other cities across the country.

"You don't see tent cities in New York. You don't see children and families sleeping on the street in New York. This team here has managed the crisis each time they come," he added.

During the town hall meeting, New York Police Department Chief of Patrol John Chell noted that the city's law enforcement officials have seized 50,000 illegal scooters, bikes, and cars off of the streets. According to Chell, residents have repeatedly raised concerns about the stolen and illegal vehicles being used by migrants to commit crimes.

Canarsie Brooklyn NY \nDuring a Town Hall meeting, a resident raised his concerns over illegal scooters, @NYPDChiefPatrol John Chell states he heard those concerns by other residents and have been taking action and so far seized over 50k illegal scooters and cars off the streets,\u2026
— (@)

Earlier this month, minority Republicans in the New York state legislature proposed legislation that would effectively reverse the city's sanctuary policies, Blaze News previously reported. The bill, if passed, would allow local law enforcement agencies to coordinate with ICE.

Kenneth Genalo, the director of ICE's New York field office, has blamed the city's sanctuary policies for hindering the agency's ability to remove illegal migrants.

"We want to help. The problem is, due to city policies and state law, cooperation is no longer afforded between NYPD and ICE," Genalo told the New York Post.

"Once they're back in the community, we have to then go look for them," he added. "Instead of being able to take custody of these individuals in the confines of a jail or in the confines of a precinct, we now have to go out into the community and the streets where unfortunately the criminals have the upper hand."

Canarsie Brooklyn NY\nDuring a town hall meeting, the @NYCMayor explains that by law, he has to house the migrants and due to federal law, he can't turn the busses or planes around. He also states him and his team did the job better than any state or city. \nFilmed by @LeeroyPress\u2026
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NYC mayor blames Republicans for struggles handling migrant influx in sanctuary city he helms



New York City Mayor Eric Adams blamed Republicans Sunday for issues the Big Apple is facing as the sanctuary city's officials struggle to house, feed, and care for thousands of migrants.

"If this is properly handled at the border level, this issue can be resolved while we finally get Congress, particularly the Republican Party, to deal with comprehensive immigration policy," Adams told CBS News's "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan.

Adams told Brennan the $30 million the White House has pledged to help NYC deal with the migrant crisis is insufficient. According to Adams, the city has spent close to $4.3 billion and counting.

"When you look at the price tag, $30 million comes nowhere near what the city is paying for a national problem," he said.

When Brennan challenged him on the "migrant magnet" powered by New York City's sanctuary city status, Adams deflected, again focusing on Republicans.

"The problem is that Republicans for far too many years have failed to deal with real immigration reform. This is a national issue."

He suggested allowing migrants and asylum seekers to have work status as a partial solution.

Some migrant moms who recently illegally migrated from Ecuador have taken to the unlicensed selling of fruit and drinks along dangerous highways and busy intersections, as the New York Post reported Sunday.

The mothers, with babies strapped to their backs, sell the locally purchased food to motorists who have stopped for red lights. Councilman Robert Holden, a Democrat, called the scary situation potentially "catastrophic."

Holden was referring to the possibility the women or their children could be killed or maimed while weaving among vehicles selling their wares. Holden's appeal to the NYPD to address the situation with more vigor has met with little success.

Mayor Adams says a "decompression strategy" is required to take some of the pressure off the city, which still has 42,000 migrants "in our care." He characterized the bussing of migrants to cities like New York an "unfair" burden.

Part of that decompression strategy, bussing migrants to nearby counties, met with instant backlash and legal challenges.

Sunday morning, Suffolk County announced plans to draft a resolution to assure its residents do not bear the financial burden if NYC busses migrants there, News 12 Long Island reported.

New York City made a "conscious decision to be a sanctuary city, Suffolk County did not," Suffolk Legislature's Presiding Officer Kevin McCaffrey said in a press conference covered by News 12. McCaffrey added that the county's top priorities are "public safety and fiscal responsibility."

Orange County and Rockland County have already taken action to stem the tide of migrants being bussed in from New York City.

Watch a portion of NYC Mayor Eric Adams' interview with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan below.

\u201c.@NYCMayor Eric Adams tells @MargBrennan the federal government should be directing migrant movement throughout the U.S. \u201cWe have 108,000 cities, villages, towns. If everyone takes a small portion, it\u2019s not a burden on one city.\u201d\u201d
— Face The Nation (@Face The Nation) 1684680955

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Migrants refuse relocation from $280/night NYC hotel; NYPD clears encampment near Hell's Kitchen



Police were dispatched to the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan Sunday night when a group of migrants housed in a hotel there refused relocation to a Brooklyn shelter.

"This weekend, we began the process of moving single adults[sic] males form the Watson Hotel to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, as we transition the hotel to meet the large number of asylum seeking families with children," said New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a statement obtained by Fox 5 NY.

"The facilities at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will provide the same services as every other humanitarian relief center in the city," the statement also said.

More than 50 migrants protested the move to the Brooklyn facility, setting up camp outside the hotel Sunday night, according to the National Review. Some of the migrants visited the new shelter, but returned to the hotel after finding conditions there unsatisfactory, the outlet also reported.

One of Sunday's protesters described the facility as an "icebox" with "hundreds of cots in warehouse-like rooms, few bathrooms, and little heat," according to a report published at W42St.com.

The NYPD cleared the migrants' tents from blocking the sidewalk along 57th Street on Monday around 11 a.m., ABC 7 NY reported.

A Twitter user documenting part of the scene last night, described it as a "mini-riot," and shared a brief video. The video shows a crowd gathered in front of the Watson Hotel along with a number of police officers, emergency vehicles, and a bus.

\u201cThere was a mini-riot outside the hotel next door to me where @NYCMayor has been housing migrants. The location is being changed from housing single men to housing migrant families, so the men are being moved elsewhere (hence the buses) and are not happy about it.\u201d
— Daniel de la F\u00e9 (@Daniel de la F\u00e9) 1675040140

"The former residents pounded on the [Watson Hotel's] door and pressed their faces against the glass, yelling 'Open!' as security guards and staff watched on from the inside," according to the Villager, which posted several photographs of the chaotic scene.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the opening of a fifth "Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center" at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on January 21, 2023. In that announcement, he noted that the facility "will provide approximately 1,000 asylum seekers with a place to stay, access support, and get to their final destination."

"Since this humanitarian crisis began, the city has taken fast and urgent action. . .opening 77 hotels as emergency shelters and four other humanitarian relief centers already, standing up navigation centers to connect asylum seekers with critical resources, enrolling children in public schools through Project Open Arms, and more," the statement concluded.

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NYC Democrat Mayor Eric Adams: 'No more room' in his 'sanctuary city' for illegal aliens



New York City's Democrat mayor vowed to hinder federal efforts to deport criminal noncitizens when running for office and indicated he would maintain NYC's "sanctuary city status." He went so far as to support legislation that would allow foreign nationals to vote in local elections.

Mayor Eric Adams has since begun to reap the whirlwind.

Adams traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend to beg for help in tackling the fallout of the border crisis, suggesting that NYC may no longer be the sanctuary it was cracked up to be.

What's the background?

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott previously invited Adams to visit the Lone Star State and to "see firsthand the dire situation that only grows more urgent with each passing day, and to meet with the local officials, who like yourselves, realize this matter deserves immediate federal action."

Adams had rejected the offer, and instead threatened the governor — who has been busing undocumented migrants who had stolen into Texas over to Democrat-run states and cities — with political interference and legal action.

In October, Adams declared a state of emergency in New York City over bused migrants from Texas, saying, "We are in a crisis situation. New York City now has more than 61,000 in our shelter system."

The mayor indicated that 17,000 illegal aliens hailed from border states, such as Texas, and that the city was poised to spend $1 billion by the end of the fiscal year in an effort to remedy the problem — a problem that border cities and states have suffered on a far greater scale over a much longer period of time.

Reuters reported that the illegal migrant crisis may now cost the city upwards of $2 billion amid a major budget shortfall.

In December, Adams noted that the influx of illegal aliens was adversely impacting "every service we provide."

"It's going to impact education. It's going to impact the dollars we use to clean our streets. It's going to impact our public safety," he said.

\u201c#BREAKING: NYC Mayor Eric Adams warns New Yorkers: "Every service we provide is going to be impacted by the influx of migrants in our city. It's going to impact education. It's going to impact the dollars we use to clean our streets. It's going to impact our public safety."\u201d
— Forbes (@Forbes) 1671466930

Adams recently expressed frustration that Colorado had joined Republican-run states in busing illegal aliens to his city, reported TheBlaze.

"One time we had to deal with Republican governors sending migrants to New York," he complained. "Now we’re dealing with Democratic governors sending migrants to New York."

Gov. Abbott has maintained that "what Adams is dealing with is a trifle of what small border towns grapple with daily."

New York City has enough illegal aliens, thanks

Mayor Adams traveled to Texas over the weekend to admit that "trifle" has proven too great for NYC.

During his Sunday visit to Democrat-run El Paso, Adams said that "there is no room in New York" for the busloads of illegal aliens being sent to his sanctuary city.

NYC "cannot take more," he emphasized.

"Once the asylum seekers from today's buses are provided shelter, we will surpass the highest number of people in recorded history in our city's shelter system," said Adams.

CBS News reported that Adams noted both how NYC's shelters were running out of space and how his city was also dealing with the 5,500 migrant children it had admitted into its crowded public schools.

"We have not asked for this," he added. "There was never any agreement to take on the job of supporting thousands of asylum seekers. This responsibility was simply handed to us without warning as buses began showing up."

In June 2021, Adams appeared to ask for this:

\u201cNew York City is, and has always been, a City of immigrants. We are a destination for diversity and a place where people from every nation seek refuge, raise families, and enrich our communities. Under my administration, our government will reflect that.\u201d
— Eric Adams (@Eric Adams) 1622755987

Renae Eze, a spokesman for Abbott, accused Adams of hypocrisy, saying, "The true emergency is on our nation's southern border where small Texas border towns are overrun and overwhelmed by hundreds of migrants every single day as the Biden administration dumps them in their communities."

The migrants bused to NYC represent a tiny fraction of the total number of illegal aliens who have entered the U.S. since President Joe Biden took office.

Roughly 500,000 illegal aliens had already been encountered at the border by November this fiscal year; 2.37 million criminal noncitizens poured over the southern border last year, and millions more stole over in 2021.

The Democrat mayor echoed a suggestion previously made by Republican governors, saying, "Now is the time for the national government to do its job" about the record number of illegal aliens stealing across the southern border.

"We expect more from our national leaders to address this issue in a real way," Adams added, suggesting that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) should "step up."

Ahead of his trip to the border, Adams told Caribbean Power Jam Radio that the strain placed on NYC institutions by the border crisis "is just inhumane on the part of the national government. And I really believe it’s irresponsible, that we have not had a real national response to what’s happening at our border."

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser (D), who has bused thousands of illegal aliens to NYC, gave Adams a tour of an area where illegal aliens steal into the U.S. and another area where the migrants camp out.

\u201c.@NYCMayor landed in El Paso, Texas tonight to survey the asylum seeker crisis at the southern border. \n\nEl Paso Mayor Leeser took us an impromptu visit to an area where asylum seekers have been known to cross the border, as well as an area where many asylum seekers are sleeping.\u201d
— Fabien Levy (@Fabien Levy) 1673763647

El Paso — a city of fewer than 700,000 people — saw 84,082 illegal aliens released into it between Aug. 22 and Dec. 11, reported the Washington Examiner.

The city's Migrant Situational Awareness Dashboard indicates that thousands more pour in every day.

Leeser declared a state of emergency in December, noting that "our asylum-seekers are not safe as we have hundreds and hundreds on the streets."

During Adams' day trip through Texans' nightmare, he was met by illegal aliens keen to return to NYC.

Elvis Mendoza was one of the migrants who gathered in El Paso to meet Adams.

Mendoza told the New York Post, "I would like to go to sanctuary."

Another migrant from Venezuela said, "I heard that they can help me in New York more than elsewhere. I heard the shelters are great there."

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Left-wing radical behind heavily criticized 1619 Project mocks Asian activist's concerns over NYC subway safety — and Pavlovian leftists pile right on



The left-wing radical behind the heavily criticized 1619 Project took to Twitter to mock an Asian activist who raised concerns about subway safety in New York City — and as you might guess, lapdog leftists who follow Nikole Hannah-Jones on the social media platform were only too eager to pile on after her.

What are the details?

It all started when Yiatin Chu posted the following tweet Thursday:

\u201cPaid $2.75 to be in a subway car with a loud and aggressive man threatening to hit his female partner. Switched cars at next stop to be in a public toilet / urine-odor, crowded car for the rest of my ride. This is @KathyHochul and @NYCMayor\u2019s NYC.\u201d
— Yiatin Chu (@Yiatin Chu) 1668718310

“Paid $2.75 to be in a subway car with a loud and aggressive man threatening to hit his female partner," she wrote. "Switched cars at next stop to be in a public toilet / urine-odor, crowded car for the rest of my ride.”

In a follow-up tweet Chu threw shade at just-elected New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, both Democrats: “Hochul and Adams own it. They said so themselves.” The New York Post said Chu was referring to Hochul and Adams' recent promise to increase police presence in subways amid spiking crime there.

Well, Hannah-Jones wasn't having it — and mocked Chu's concerns: “Yes, yes,” she tweeted back. “This was absolutely unheard on subways until two years ago.”

Hannah-Jones also boasts nearly 675,000 Twitter followers, and some of them saw an opening to jump into the fray against Chu, who sports a far less commanding 6,345 followers as of Tuesday afternoon.

  • "Honey, I remember paying 20 cents for all that in 1970, but you know, prices go up over the years," one Hannah-Jones devotee told Chu. "It's always been like that. Welcome to New York. Now, if you don't like it, I suggest you leave."
  • Another fired a back a rather stunning comment to Chu, considering the left's love for folks illegally crossing our borders: "I see your profile indicates you are an immigrant. A very recent immigrant, I take it?"
  • "Child, this is NYC," another Chu opponent wrote. "NYC yesterday today and tomorrow. Get with it or get lost."

You get the idea.

Chu told the Post that Hannah-Jones' followers "were purposely being unkind" and that "she makes these snarky comments, and she’s inviting them all to pile on.”

The Post did note that others defended Chu, such as Manhattan parent activist Maud Maron, who in responding to Hannah-Jones tossed cold water on those who assume Chu just arrived in New York City.

"Nikole grew up in Iowa. Yiatin grew up in Queens. Yiatin went to public school in Queens as an English language learner and commuted to Bronx Science as a teenager in the 80s…some of us have decades of NYC living to draw on, not just the last two (admittedly garbage) years," Maron wrote.

Another shot back at Hannah-Jones with the following: "Why are you denying Yiatin's lived experience? She didn't say it was unheard of 2 years ago but anyone who rides the subway knows that these incidents have increased & no amount of gaslighting will erase them. Minimizing is petty. You're not helping anyone by doing it."

The Post said Chu isn't deterred by Hannah-Jones: “I just want a peaceful ride when I get on the train. I pay my fare, I just want to get home. Is that too much to ask? As New Yorkers, why should we accept what our subways have become?”

Anything else?

Hannah-Jones created the 1619 Project for the New York Times as it sought to frame the founding of America as not starting in 1776 but in 1619, the year the first African slaves were brought to North America. Interestingly, the Times in September 2020 stealth-edited its statement describing the 1619 Project by removing the controversial claim that 1619 was "our true founding."