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The Albany Times-Union reports:
Over the past week, a sensational story has torn through local and national media: A local nonprofit said homeless veterans under its care had been kicked out of upstate hotels to make room for migrants bused from New York City. But the story has fallen apart over the past 48 hours, culminating Thursday evening with state Assemblyman Brian Maher, R-Walden, who had been advocating for the veterans in national media and in the state Legislature, denouncing it as false in a call with the Times Union.
The story began to unravel Wednesday when Mid Hudson News reported that the manager of the Newburgh hotel that had purportedly displaced veterans had no dealings with the nonprofit. According to Maher’s account, he was taken for a ride. Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of the nonprofit, is a respected person in the community with a track record of helping veterans, he said. The story of the displaced veterans, which was first published by the New York Post on Friday night, cites two sources.
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Times-Union: Story of homeless veterans displaced by migrants was false https://t.co/RVgmLAFILN
— Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan (@jaketapper) May 19, 2023
NY Hotel boots 20 homeless veterans to make room for ‘asylum seeking’ migrants.
Is this really how we treat our veterans? pic.twitter.com/sniZhU59gV
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 15, 2023
Twenty homeless veterans from the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars have been booted out of hotels in upstate New York before their expected stays were over, likely to make room for incoming migrants. https://t.co/FkkzsoU91C
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 14, 2023
Democrat officials in New York have kicked homeless veterans out of hotels and thrown them on to the streets to instead give shelter to illegal migrants, who had previously entered the country illegally via the Mexico border.
A local veterans non-profit has said that up to 20… pic.twitter.com/yheimg5LJR
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 18, 2023
SHAME: Homeless veterans tossed from NY hotels to make way for illegal migrantshttps://t.co/aG6BHEVQ4P
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 13, 2023
‘TOTAL EMBARASSMENT’: Biden administration, New York officials slammed after homeless veterans reportedly booted from migrant hotels. https://t.co/zMNnaOUyXc pic.twitter.com/xNSpIyRZvi
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 15, 2023
Homeless Veterans Are Booted From New York Hotels To Make Room For Migrants https://t.co/j2LlU3AebI #OAN
— One America News (@OANN) May 18, 2023