A City Hall staffer was fired after he slammed the city’s migrant response and belittled New York’s finest in remarks that were filmed without his knowledge and leaked.
Christopher Baugh, a member of Adams’ advance team, gave a withering critique of his boss in the undercover video recorded by the right-wing organization Project Veritas and released on Tuesday.
He said the influx of migrants being in from Texas is causing the city to go broke and called their arrival in New York City “a very perilous situation.” “And I don’t know that Eric Adams is capable enough to navigate it,” Baugh said in the recorded video.“We’re building a tent city. We’re parking these people in plastic tents on Randall’s Island,” Baugh said. “They’re not getting good stuff. We’re kicking them out of hotels because it’s tourist season and hotels want to raise their rates.Michael Brochstein/Sipa USAA spokesperson for the mayor said Baugh was booted from City Hall for “disparaging first responders.
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