An influx of migrants divides a neighborhood: ‘The natives are getting restless’

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Friday October 14, 2022 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [An influx of migrants has divided a Staten Island neighborhood: ‘The natives are getting restless’]( [A large huddle of people gather their belongings from the trunk of a gray minivan outside of a hotel in Staten Island.]( [A local pizzeria that gave free food to asylum-seekers stirred backlash. A nearby church is not collecting donations for migrants.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [Eric Adams hosting a press visit to his home in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn]( [NYC Mayor Adams releases 2021 tax returns after months of delay, confusion]( [The release of the filings comes months after Eric Adams initially doubled down in keeping them private.]( [a group of musicians stands in front of a sign that says Harlem]( [13 mostly free things to do in NYC this weekend and beyond]( [Tired of pumpkins? So are we. Plus, spooky stuff is starting.]( [Gregory Pereira stands in his office, with his arms folded, only subtly smiling.]( [Nearly 1,000 cannabis entrepreneurs are competing for New York’s first 150 dispensary licenses]( [With the end of the year quickly approaching, government officials are scrambling to fulfill their promise of opening recreational marijuana dispensaries.]( [The city of Albany at dusk.]( [Afternoon Addition: Is Albany a better place to live than NYC?]( [Analyzing U.S. News & World Report's best places to live rankings, the Adderall shortage is official and hitting NYC, New Yorkers find unity over a shared rat hatred, plus more headlines from the city and beyond in your Friday link round up.]( [The New Jersey State House in Trenton]( [NJ introduces some of the strictest gun carry rules in the U.S.]( [The measure would add requirements for concealed carry permits, including liability insurance.]( [Photograph of Mimi Rocah sitting at her desk]( [Westchester DA explains move to reduce prison sentence of one domestic violence victim]( [A New York law gives domestic violence survivors a chance to leave prison early if they can show that they committed crimes largely because of the abuse they endured.]( [The entrance to the Rikers Island Correctional Facility in the Queens]( [Lander doubles down on call to strip NYC of control over Rikers]( [City Comptroller Brad Lander is the highest-ranking city official to call for the troubled jail complex to be placed under federal receivership.]( [Workers assemble a tent complex for migrants in the parking lot at Iachn Statium on Randall's Island in New York]( [New York leaders say feds have to intervene in asylum seekers crisis]( [Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams have made repeated appeals to President Joe Biden's administration for help.]( [Oddly Enough is located at 397 Tompkins Ave. in Brooklyn.]( [Workers at Bed-Stuy bar file for union election]( [Nine employees filed for an election with the NLRB to form the Brotherhood of Oddly Enough Workers union, indicating that at least one-third of them had signed on to initiate the process.]( [Voting by mail has already started in New Jersey, but there's still time to get your mail-in ballot.]( [NJ election 2022 deadlines: Vote by mail (already!), register to vote by Oct. 18]( [Ballots have already been sent to New Jersey homes. Didn't get one? It's not too late.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.