Brooklyn Democratic Occasion Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn with elected officers and clergy leaders at a rally in entrance of Metropolis Corridor calling for federal help for the migrant disaster.
Picture courtesy Brooklyn Democratic Occasion
Picture courtesy Brooklyn Democratic Occasion
Chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Occasion, Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn says the get together has acquired intensive suggestions from the 1.4 million-plus Democrats whose communities are affected throughout the borough by the inflow of Caribbean and different migrants, and need equitable help for them.
“The Brooklyn Democratic Occasion is constantly speaking with leaders in any respect ranges of presidency for updates and to relay our constituents’ suggestions, together with exploring the opportunity of equitably spreading out entry to migrant housing throughout Brooklyn from Fort Hamilton to Brooklyn Heights and past,” mentioned Bichotte Hermelyn, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, who represents the 42nd Meeting District in Brooklyn.
“It’s clear that huge present inequities of shelter placements serving unhoused New Yorkers are being exacerbated by new emergency shelters opening up in our communities which might be all too conversant in disproportionately shouldering the accountability of serving to these in want,” she added. “Neighborhoods with out migrant shelters are being referred to as to open their communities to ‘unfold the love’ by Brooklyn Democrats.
“We acknowledge this very important suggestions from Brooklynites who’re recommending having migrant shelters in communities from Fort Hamilton Military Base, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Heights, Marine Park, and Manhattan Seaside,” she continued. “The Brooklyn Democratic Occasion is using our members’ suggestions by not solely recommending utilizing these neighborhoods in Brooklyn, but additionally equally increasing to underutilized areas throughout NYC, all the State of New York, and different municipalities throughout the US.
“Whereas everybody deserves truthful, equitable, and humane housing, this can be a nationwide, unprecedented disaster; requiring federal help and collaboration in any respect ranges,” mentioned Bichotte Hermelyn, stating that she has been ardently advocating for federal help with city-wide elected officers, whereas defending Mayor Adams’ strategy to the disaster – together with holding press conferences and writing to the Biden Administration for assist.
Bichotte Hermelyn mentioned elected officers pushed again on critiques that the mayor is anti-immigrant whereas calling for federal help.
“Let’s all come collectively and help our mayor,” she mentioned in the course of the rally at Metropolis Corridor. “He’s been doing his darndest.”
54 Democratic lawmakers from throughout New York Metropolis, together with Bichotte Hermelyn, just lately signed a letter demanding President Biden to do one thing in regards to the migrant disaster gripping their metropolis.
However whereas the Brooklyn Democratic Occasion welcomes the Biden administration’s current actions to supply practically 500,000 Venezuelan asylum seekers TPS and work permits, Bichotte Hermelyn mentioned this nonetheless leaves three-quarters of NYC’s 60,000 migrants below care unable to legally work and help themselves.
“The federal authorities should designate the identical standing to all households arriving from different components of the world, together with African nations,” she mentioned. “The inflow exacerbates New York’s present housing disaster, with practically 70,000 homeless youngsters and adults already dwelling in shelters city-wide as of January 2023.”
