Rep. Nicole Malliotakis accuses NYPD, Mayor Adams of ‘stonewalling’ request for NYC migrant crime numbers
Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) is accusing the NYPD and Mayor Eric Adams of “stonewalling” her request for data on crimes committed by migrants in or around taxpayer-funded shelters.
The congresswoman sought such statistics under the Freedom of Information Law in January, she told The Post Wednesday.
“Type of Request: Asking for statistics as to how many crimes were committed in or within a five-block radius of a City-run migrant shelter from 1/1/2023 to 12/31/23,” the request said.
“How many arrestees have listed a City-run shelter as their home address and what were their top charges during this same time period,” it added. “Have you instructed the NYPD to track detailed records of incidents and or offenses involving migrants?”
Malliotakis said the NYPD periodically sent her responses saying the information was not yet available — and that it wouldn’t be until Nov. 15 — 10 days after the election in which the US border and migrant crisis has emerged as a top voter concern.
“I believe the administration is stonewalling. The public has a right to know,” the congresswoman said.
“Either they’re stonewalling or there are many more crimes being committed by migrants than they can tabulate in a year. That’s ridiculous.”
Adams’ press office deferred to the NYPD.
A Police Department spokesman said, “The NYPD is currently working on the FOIL request.”
Under the city’s sanctuary law, officers are barred or limited from asking criminal defendants about their immigration status, and therefore don’t report such information.
A Post report on Monday found migrants have been flooding the criminal-justice system, with one Manhattan cop estimating that “about 75%” of arrests in Midtown are migrants — mostly for cases involving robberies, assaults, domestic incidents and selling counterfeit items.
“I’m sure that there’s a lot of arrests that have come from a lot of different groups that come here, especially groups that might not be able to work,” Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom said at the mayor’s Tuesday press briefing.
Getting arrested in New York City doesn’t bar migrants from taxpayer-funded shelters, she said.