Hoax over Evicted Vets in New York Ignored Reductions in Homelessness – By Adrian Bonenberger (Military.com) / May 23, 2023
A hoax in mid-May claiming that homeless New York veterans were being evicted to make room for immigrants was fishy from the get-go: The region has made big strides in housing veterans, and some communities say they’ve solved the issue completely.
New York City and its mayor, Eric Adams, are struggling to handle an influx of asylum seekers from the Mexico border and have moved them to suburban hotels this month in areas such as Dutchess County, New York, which prompted outrage from Republicans and cable news.
But the founder of a local charity, Sharon Toney-Finch, is now under fire for claiming nearly two dozen homeless veterans were evicted to make room for the migrants. Local news reports indicated the story was fabricated, according to The Associated Press, with an alleged check to cover the veterans’ stay apparently doctored and several men recruited to pretend they were kicked out of the hotel.
