COLONIE — The town’s supervisor sent a lengthy statement out Saturday alleging that at least one bus of asylum seekers driven from New York City was scheduled to arrive at a motel in Colonie this weekend without the Albany County executive’s office being notified — which was part of an executive order the county issued earlier in the week.
Colonie Supervisor Peter Crummey said in his statement that he was notified late Friday “by our Albany County Executive
that NYC Mayor Adams has unilaterally directed at least one busload of migrants from New York City to arrive this
weekend at the Sure Stay Best Western Motel on Wolf Road in Colonie.”
He alleged that another location nearby off Computer Drive was rejected because of its location in the suburb.
“Notwithstanding that the Wolf Road area has no services necessary to service an influx of persons of unknown health, dietary, and behavioral histories,” wrote Crummey; the supervisor didn’t expound on what he meant by “behavioral histories.”
The supervisor noted that Albany County Executive Dan McCoy’s executive order May 23 required that the county be notified to coordinate housing for migrants and asylum seekers being transported here, and that only the county social services commissioner could issue licenses to hotels, motels or other dwellings to house groups of people.
“While that order did not necessarily exclude the possibility of migrants being housed within the County, it distinctly required a collaborated and coordinated deliberate plan amongst State, County and Local officials as well as non-profit organizations. The County Executive’s statement
concerning his order specifically confirms this approach rather than ‘a unilateral decision of one city,'” wrote Crummey, a Republican.
Crummey also said the Wolf Road motel where asylum seekers might be placed has had more than 200…
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