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2024-01-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-
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Floyd Bennett Field migrants leaves NYC'ers fuming over reported spike in robberies, scams and an arrests near shelter
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Brooklyn residents and cops are left fuming after a perceived spike in crime from their newest neighbors - migrants at the Floyd Bennett Field shelter.
Nearly 2,000 migrants were moved to the isolated temporary shelter in mid-November as the city ran out of housing options.
Local residents told the New York Post there has been an increase in shoplifting, panhandling, scams and street prostitution since the migrants were moved there.
New York City is currently caring for over 68,000 migrants and with hotels and other accommodation supplies reaching capacity, options are increasingly limited. More than 116,000 migrants have flooded the city since April 2022 when southern governors started to bus them to northern cities to help deal with the crisis at the US-Mexico border.
Residents told the Post migrants from the Floyd Bennett shelter have been running a scam along Flatbush Avenue near Kings Plaza, where they walk into traffic and pretend to be hit before asking drivers for $500.
'They're scaring people saying "You just hit me, and I'm going to report it if you don't give me the money,"' the unnamed cops said.
President of the Bergen Beach Civic Association, Sal Calise, told the Post he nearly was a victim of the scheme on January 6 when a man walked into traffic, causing him to swerve and nearly hit a parked car.
'I looked back in my rear-view mirror, and he’s turning around laughing at the migrants sitting on the corner," Calise said.
'They had all their phones in their hands like they’re ready to film. I thought "This is obviously a set up".'
Calise said the scam was discussed at an association meeting on Tuesday, but police told the Post no one has formally reported the scam so they have nothing to act on.
There have been five arrests at the center since it opened.
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