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NYC WANTS TO HIRE PRIVATE SECURITY FOR MIGRANT CENTERS — AS UNION REP SAYS IT’S
TOO ‘DANGEROUS’ FOR PEACE OFFICERS

By Carl Campanile, Jesse O’Neill and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

July 9, 2023 | 6:32pm

City Hall wants to hire private security guards to patrol the Big Apple’s packed
migrant facilities — a gig considered too “volatile” and “dangerous” by even
trained peace officers, The Post has learned.


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“There are migrants who are gang members in these facilities,” said Gregory
Floyd, the head of Teamsters Local 237, whose peace-officer union members
typically protect schools, college campuses and hospitals.

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“It’s volatile. It’s dangerous. We don’t know if all these migrants are properly
vetted. My members are unarmed,” he said.

NYC Health + Hospitals, which oversees a dozen Humanitarian Emergency Response
and Relief Centers, issued a request for bids Friday to spend tax dollars on
private guards for the more than 50,000 migrants in its care.

The cost for the added coverage is not clear, but the HERRC sites and other
services for the booming population of migrant asylum-seekers are already
costing New York City taxpayers nearly $8 million a day, according to city
officials. Mayor Eric Adams has estimated that the price tag for the recent
crisis could total $4.5 billion by next June.

New York City officials are looking to hire a private security company to patrol
its migrant facilities, with taxpayers again picking up the tab.Robert Mecea

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NYPD cops have been seen at at least some of the migrant facilities, but the
department is struggling with a staffing crunch as officers feel “squeezed from
every direction” thanks to such issues as forced overtime and burdensome
oversight, the city’s police union told The Post over the weekend.

City Hall did not respond to a request for comment from The Post on Sunday about
the contract request.

According to the request for proposals, the city is looking for a private
contractor “as a response to the mass influx of asylum seekers arriving in New
York.

“The primary role of security is to ensure the safety of guests and staff while
creating a welcome, safe place for all individuals on the site,” the request
said. “The HERRC protocols and procedures surrounding safety must be enforced.”

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A cop checks documents for migrants streaming into 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan
as more than 80,000 asylum seekers have now been processed by the city. Robert
Mecea Security confronts a migrant who tried to cut the line outside 26 Federal
Plaza as the city grapples with an unprecedented influx of asylum-seekers.Robert
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While there have been concerns about the safety of migrant children mixing with
single men at the shelters, there have been no reports of crimes or safety
issues at the HERRC sites. The NYPD did not respond to a Post request for
comment about potential crimes or security issues at the city’s other 179
migrant sites.

The Big Apple’s top GOP pol raised questions about the city’s bid to hire
guards.

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“On the one hand, the city is telling people how safe these migrant centers are
in their neighborhoods,” City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli told the Post
on Sunday. “At the same time, the city is spending millions of dollars to keep
people safe at the migrant facilities.”

New York City has already seen more than 84,000 migrants processed through its
local intake centers, with the HERRC sites and nearly 180 hastily opened
emergency centers beyond capacity, city officials said.

More than 84,000 migrants have already been processed at city intake centers.
Robert Mecea City officials are looking to hire a private security company to
police its migrant centers.Christopher Sadowski

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Last week, Adams pitched a controversial plan to house migrants at city schools
while the facilities are empty during the summer, drawing fierce criticism from
local elected officials.

He also suggested using Gracie Mansion as a shelter — only to later say it was a
symbolic offer.

Adams has shipped busloads of migrants to hotels in upstate New York and on Long
Island, too, sparking pushback — and even legal action — from officials in those
communities who said they have security concerns that local cops would be
hard-pressed to handle.

US Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island) took issue with Adams’ handling of
the migrant influx, saying his “priorities are backward.

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“The No. 1 concern I hear from people in our city is public safety, yet instead
of hiring more cops, he is spending taxpayers’ money on more services for
migrants,” Malliotakis told The Post.

“The city is short cops and detectives, so those we have are being overworked,
which only intensifies the stress and pressure that’s driving cops to retire and
leave for other municipalities,” she said. “[City officials] have gone from
defund the police to driving them out.”

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