THIS WAS THE THIRD DEADLIEST
SHOOTING IN MTA POLICE HISTORY.
>>> THERE’S GROWING CONCERN IN
MIDTOWN FOLLOWING MAYOR ADAMS’
EXECUTIVE ORDER RESTRICTING THE
ARRIVAL OF MORE MIGRANTS.
THIS MOVE REGULATES WHEN ASYLUM
SEEKERS CAN ARRIVE IN THE CITY,
AND IT WOULD FINE THE BUS
COMPANIES WHO DON’T FOLLOW THE
RULES.
THE CRACKDOWN TAKES EFFECT THIS
WEEKEND, AND SOME WORRY THAT BUSES WILL START DROPPING PEOPLE
OFF AT UNDISCLOSED LOCATIONS TO
AVOID THE NYPD.
NEWS 4’S MELISSA COLORADO IS
LIVE NEAR THE PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL WITH MORE FOR US
TONIGHT.
MELISSA? >> Reporter: RANA, AS YOU KNOW,
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, THIS HAS
SERVED AS AN ELLIS ISLAND OF
SORTS FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS.
IT’S HERE WHERE THEY GET DROPPED
OFF FROM BUSES AT THE BOREDDER,
THEY CONNECT WITH FAMILY, AND
THEY’RE TAKEN TO THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL.
NOW THE MAYOR’S NEW EXECUTIVE
ORDER IN EFFECT IS DRAWING
CONCERNS THAT BUS OPERATORS
MIGHT DROP OFF THESE MIGRANTS IN PLACES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, OUT
OF THE REACH OF THE NYPD. PORT AUTHORITY POLICE AND NYPD
OFFICERS ON STANDBY TONIGHT,
READY TO ENFORCE MAYOR ADAMS’
NEW EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE ORDER
MEANT TO RESTRICT THE ARRIVAL OF
BUSES TRANSPORTING ASYLUM
SEEKERS.
SOURCES TELL NEWS 4 NEW YORK THE
NYPD IS PLANNING TO SEIZE ANY
CHARTER BUS THAT DROPS OFF
MIGRANTS STARTING AT THE STROKE
OF MIDNIGHT. >> WE’RE WONDERING IF THIS
POLICE PRESENCE IS DETERRING THE
DRIVERS FROM COMING HERE.
>> Reporter: THERE’S NOW GROWING
CONCERNS THAT CHARTER BUSES FROM
THE BORDER WILL GO ROGUE,
DROPPING MIGRANTS OFF AT
AIRPORTS, CITIES IN NEW JERSEY, OR THE HUDSON VALLEY, AREAS
OUTSIDE OF THE NYPD’S
JURISDICTION.
IT’S HAPPENING ALREADY IN
CHICAGO’S SUBURBS AFTER THE CITY PASSED A SIMILAR POLICY.
ROCKLAND COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE
BRACING FOR A SIMILAR SITUATION
TO HAPPEN HERE.
>> WE’VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DROPPED OFF
FROM 15 PASSENGER VANS ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LOOKING --
LOOKING FOR WHERE THE SNEEREST E
SHELTER IS.
>> Reporter: CLARKSTOWN ISSUED
AN EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF
ITS OWN BANNING CHARTER BUSES
FROM DROPPING OFF MIGRANTS
WITHOUT ANY HEADS-UP. PENALTIES INCLUDE A $750 FINE
PER MIGRANT, AND SEIZING BUSES.
>> NOW WHAT WE’RE GOING TO START
SEEING IS PEOPLE SCATTERED AROUND THE CITY.
>> Reporter: AND MORE NEWS OUT OF ROCKLAND COUNTY.
WE ARE NOW LEARNING THAT THE
TOWN OF HALFERSTRAW IS JOINING
CLARKSTOWN IN ISSUING THESE
EMERGENCY ORDERS BANNING THESE BUSES FROM A BORDER FROM MAKING
THESE UNSCHEDULED MIGRANT