Staten Island Advance

Malliotakis to introduce legislation banning migrant housing in national parks, including Ft. Wadsworth

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Most of the Island’s elected political delegation, led by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn), gathered outside Fort Wadsworth on Wednesday to decry the ...
Staten Island Advance

Borough president calls for migrants to be housed in Washington, D.C., instead of Fort Wadsworth

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Local elected officials presented a united front this week against a proposed migrant shelter at Fort Wadsworth, and one said Tuesday he’d like to see migrants housed in the ...
New York Post

Migrants should be sent to National Mall in DC — not Staten Island’s Fort Wadsworth: borough prez

President Biden and Congress should send the influx of migrants to the National Mall in Washington, DC, and not the former Fort Wadsworth military base on Staten Island, Borough President Vito ...