NEW CITY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Orangetown Town Supervisor Kenny Wednesday announced additional enforcement actions executed against the Armoni Inn & Suites Hotel in Orangeburg and the City of New York.
The City of New York announced plans Friday to house over 300 migrants in the Armoni Inn & Suites Hotel in Orangeburg for four months, which violates the town’s local laws.
In response, the town filed a lawsuit and was granted a temporary restraining order late Tuesday by a judge.
“It is my understanding no buses will be coming from New York City but if they do the sheriff is authorized under the order to turn them away. The legal status of these individuals is irrelevant to this lawsuit,” the supervisor said. “This has to do with zoning codes and legal use of this property.”
Meanwhile, in Orange County, sheriff’s and Town of Newburgh officers have been at the Comfort Inn on Lakeside Road in the Orange Lake area of the Town of Newburgh, where New York City said it would place asylum seekers.
Rumor was they would be bused north today (Wednesday), but as of 6 p.m., none has arrived.
Orange County has an executive order in place prohibiting hotels and motels from housing the migrants, but that may be challenged should buses arrive.
