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EXCLUSIVE: As the New York City mayoral election quickly approaches and socialist Zohran Mamdani is heavily favored to win, New Yorkers are sounding off on the human toll that sanctuary policies have had on their city.
In a new investigative video released by The American Border Story (TABS), New Yorkers detailed their concerns about how the city’s migrant shelters and sanctuary policies had resulted in a surge in organized crime in their neighborhoods.
One New Yorker said the blame for the policies lies directly with the progressive Democratic city council.
“This is the worst city council I have ever seen in my life in New York City,” said Renee Collymore, a local organizer and Democrat.
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Demonstrators gather to protest the opening of a migrant tent city at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens City, New York on Friday, September 8, 2023. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
“This council is a predominantly progressive, leftist, socialist council,” Collymore went on. “And when you have a one-sided council, you can’t get work done, because they believe that the middle of the road Democrats, the Democrats such as myself and my family, so many people in our district are traditional Democrats, they believe that we are the ones that are standing in the way of progress.”
“If you know that there’s gang activity and nothing is being done, shame on you. Because all that does is hurt the community. It puts people at risk,” she said, adding, “The sanctuary city law has to be overturned.”
Instead of overturning or amending the law, Collymore complained that “our legislators are acting like the migrants are their children,” while telling moderates, “You’re anti-migrant.”
“How am I anti-migrant? My father’s from the West Indies. They make these claims because it’s not affecting them where they live. But people who live on Hall Street…
