A Rockland County judge partially slammed the brakes on Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to send a small portion of the tens of thousands of migrants who’ve overwhelmed the city’s shelter population and emergency capacity to stay at hotels in two upstate towns.
State Supreme Court Judge Christie D’Alessio issued a restraining order Tuesday night that temporarily halted the Adams administration’s plans to send 30 single-adult male migrants to the Armoni Inn and Suites in Orangetown, located in Rockland County, for an up-to four-month stay.
The ruling has derailed the first phase of City Hall’s plan to relocate 300 of the more than 61,000 migrants who haveThe plan has been met with fierce backlash from local officials in both upstate counties since it was announced last Friday. “We will allow the hotel to decide how to move forward in Rockland County,” Levy said. “But our plan is still to move a small number of asylum seekers tomorrow barring any security issues.”declared a state of emergency
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