A group of lawmakers, largely comprised of Republicans, have filed a suit to stop the city from erecting a new mega-migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field, after the Adams administration finalized a lease with the White House last week to use part of the federally-owned parkland in Brooklyn to house migrants.
The legal action was brought by Republican City Council Member Joann Ariola (Queens) and Democratic Assembly Member Jamie Williams (Brooklyn) — whose district includes Floyd Bennett, along with 37 other pols, local leaders and residents. It charges that the city and state’s agreement with the federal government to use the decommissioned airfield for sheltering upwards of 2,000 migrants violates federal, state and local law. The agreement was finalized Friday.
