The Battle Between Rockland County and the City of New York Over the Dumping Illegals in Rockland Intensifies

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Orangeburg NY, the battle between Rockland County and the City of New York heated up over the weekend after a bus load of illegal immigrants was dropped off by the city at a Hotel called the Armoni Inn and Suites in Orangeburg. County Executive Ed Day declared a State of Emergency for Rockland .

Orange Town Building Inspector served a Notice of Violation upon the Armoni Inn and Suites based upon observations made by the Town Fire Inspector and Assistant Building Inspector. During their inspection, they observed preparations to turn the hotel essentially into a NYC-run shelter. That use constitutes a violation of the Certificate of Occupancy for the hotel.  A copy of the notice is posted above.

According to Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny a  Special Town Board meeting was called where the Board authorized the hiring of outside legal counsel to assist the Town in connection with the plan of NYC Mayor Eric Adams to transfer hundreds of migrants from his sanctuary city to Orangetown, including looking into what legal rights the Town may have, including commencing litigation.

In addition, Kenny said she spoke with US Rep. Michael Lawler about the situation and he is doing everything he can to assist the Town and County. Anyone who has an issue with the border crisis, which is now directly impacting the Town of Orangetown, may want to contact your United States Senators to ask what they are doing, if anything, to assist Orangetown and to address the border crisis. Their contact information is below: