New Yorkers blame ‘worst city council’ as migrant crime, fear in neighborhoods surge

EXCLUSIVE: As the New York City mayoral election quickly approaches and socialist Zohran Mamdani is favored to win, New Yorkers are outraged at the loss of life that asylum policy had in their city.

IN new investigation video Published by The American Border Story (TABS), New Yorkers detailed their concerns about how the city's migrant shelters and sanctuary policies have led to a surge in organized crime in their neighborhoods.

One New Yorker said the blame for such policies lies squarely with progressives Democratic City Council.

“This is the worst city council I've ever seen in my life in New York” said Renee Collymore, a local organizer and Democrat.

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“This council is predominantly a progressive, left-wing, socialist council,” Collymore continued. “And when you have a one-sided council, you can't get the job done because they believe that the Democrats who are in the middle of the road, Democrats like me and my family, so many people in our district are traditional Democrats, they believe that we are the ones standing in the way of progress.”

“If you know gangs are active and nothing is done, shame on you. Because all this harms society. It puts people at risk,” she said, adding, “The sanctuary city law must be repealed.”

Instead of repealing or amending the law, Collymore complained that “our legislators act as if migrants are their children,” while telling moderates, “You are anti-migrant.”

“How am I against migrants? My father is from the West Indies. They make such statements because it does not affect their place of residence. But people living on Hall Street will tell you they were terrorized,” she said, adding: “It’s unbelievable.”

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Collymore said after a migrant shelter opened in her area, sex trafficking increased and parents no longer felt safe taking their children to public playgrounds. She also said that Venezuelan gangs have taken over the streets and are even patrolling the streets with metal pipes.

“It was not a joke. There were stabbings, a triple murder,” she said.

Another New Yorker said former President Joe Biden“The mistake was that he allowed some countries like Venezuela, some countries like Colombia, even some countries in Europe and some countries in Africa that he allowed to just expel their prisoners,” a large number of whom eventually made their way to New York.

“I feel like his mistake was to open the borders and just say, 'OK, send everyone in and we'll take them, no matter their background, no matter what testing is done,'” he said.

Dino, a pizzeria owner and an immigrant himself, said the influx of migrants to New York has created new problems, including from gang members. He said that while the sanctuary policy “may work on paper, in reality it doesn't work.”

Dino also told Fox News Digital: “I've been doing business here for years—I know how this area used to feel. Now my employees are afraid to go home at night, customers are staying away and gangs rule the streets.”

“We need our leaders in New York to stop defending politics and start defending people,” he said.

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Leeroy Johnson, a local freelance journalist, also spoke with TABS. He said that while many migrants came here in search of a better life, “some of them had plans before they came here to come here and cause problems in New York.”

“Of course the local gangs are going to recruit them. Of course, the old migrant gangs that come here are going to recruit them because they know nothing will happen to them and they need money and they will do whatever it takes to get money. Some of these guys have committed terrible crimes in their home countries: murders, robberies, stabbings. We put them out on the streets, the local gangs will attack them so quickly.”

“This is extremely dangerous,” he continued. “And they're committing crimes left and right, and they know they can do it and get away with it because in an hour, two hours, 24 hours, they'll be back on the street doing the same thing, hurting more people over and over again.”

This comes as New York City has closed several of its migrant shelters, including perhaps the most notorious shelter at the famed Roosevelt Hotel, which has become the epicenter of gang-related crime. Train Araguagroup that was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration.

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The New York City mayoral election will take place on November 4th. Mamdani, who is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and a Democratic candidate for mayor, currently leads the race by double digits against an independent candidate, the former governor of New York. Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.

Mamdani vowed to oppose the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations, accusing ICE of terrorizing the city and declaring, “If I become mayor, we will not allow masked ICE agents to deport our neighbors.”

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Commenting on the video, Nicole Kiprilova, executive director of TABS, told Fox News Digital: “What you are seeing in New York is a direct result of failed border policies.”

“Families are scared, neighborhoods are changing overnight, and city officials are nowhere to be found. This crisis is no longer limited to the border – it is already on America’s doorstep,” Kiprilov said.