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Leaders of upstate NY town close door on castle owner’s plan to house migrants in struggling hotel
Leaders in the tiny upstate town of Massena on Monday threw cold water on a castle-owning proprietor’s plan to convert his hotel in the heart of their downtown into a migrant shelter.
nypost.com
Leaders in a tiny upstate town Monday threw cold water on a castle-owning proprietor’s plan to convert his financially struggling hotel in the heart of their downtown into a migrant shelter.
“While I understand that the migrants are in a challenging situation in the large cities, how will the situation be improved in a small village in a small town without any municipal transportation and with limited healthcare?” Massena Town Supervisor Susan Bellor said to The Post.
Town of Massena board member Debra Willer said, “This was a complete surprise for us.
“I cannot speak for the entire board, as we have yet to discuss it as a group, but it does raise numerous questions for us,” she said.
Upstate hotel owner Gary Melius, who operates the renowned historic Oheka Castle hotel and catering hall in Huntington, Long Island, told The Post on Sunday that he has offered his Quality Inn in Massena to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to house migrants.
City Hall told The Post it is reviewing Melius’s offer to house migrants in Massena — which is in St. Lawrence County near the Canadian border and has a population of 12,000 people — in exchange for government payment.
You can’t expect to be treated like a guest when you aren’t invited.
It's a gop county so I guess they have more sense.....More like they don't want other nation's castoffs in their downtown.