New York City boots students from their classrooms to house migrants, forcing students to undergo more 'remote learning'
CHRIS ENLOE
JANUARY 10, 2024
An open border and a closed school building.

That's the reality playing out for the roughly 3,800 students who attend James Madison High School in Brooklyn. On Wednesday, those students are "attending" classes remotely because city officials booted them from their actual classrooms to house migrants.

On Tuesday, city officials announced that nearly 2,000 migrants being housed in tents at historic Floyd Bennett Field would be temporarily relocated to James Madison High School ahead of a powerful winter storm that brought heavy rain and high winds to New York City.

City Hall said in a statement:

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The health and safety of migrants in our care is always a top priority, which is why we are currently overseeing the relocation of 1,900 guests from the humanitarian emergency response and relief center at Floyd Bennett Field due to an updated forecast with increased wind speeds estimated to be at over 70 MPH tonight.

To be clear, this relocation is a proactive measure being taken out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety and well-being of individuals working and living at the center.
The migrants were officially relocated Tuesday evening when after-school activities had concluded.


While moving the migrants was a necessary decision for their protection, parents are upset that local officials chose to disrupt the learning environment rather than find a more suitable solution to the problem.

Indeed, Councilwoman Inna Vernikov ® said the need to move the migrants was "entirely foreseeable."

"This is both unacceptable and was entirely foreseeable, as Floyd Bennett Field is vulnerable to all forms of increment [sic] weather conditions and is not a sustainable housing facility," Vernikov said in a statement. "As an elected official representing this community, I demand a full stop to using our public schools as a shelter ever again."

Councilwoman Joann Ariola ® agreed.

"I warned the administration that something like this would happen from day one and they refused to listen," she told the New York Post. "Floyd Bennett Field is entirely unsuitable for a tent complex, and how we are wasting taxpayer dollars to evacuate nearly 2,000 people."

"This did not take a fortune teller to predict," she said. "It was common sense."

The migrants returned to their temporary tent shelter at Floyd Bennett Field early Wednesday morning, according to the New York Daily News. That means students should return to their classrooms on Thursday.

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Jan 7

As I have mentioned many times, gift cards are a favorite method of payment for scammers. Unlike a check, payment of which can be stopped, once a scammer has the numbers of a gift card, the money is lost forever. A class action lawsuit was brought against Apple for failing to help victims of scams involving Apple gift cards. After a motion by Apple to dismiss the lawsuit was lost, Apple agreed to mediation and the mediation has now resulted in a settlement.

The scams at the basis of the lawsuit began with victims of the scams being called on the phone by someone posing as an IRS agent threatening the targeted victims with dire consequences if they did not make immediate payment through Apple gift cards. According to the lawsuit, victims of the scam lost hundreds of millions of dollars. The settlement is now being submitted to the judge for approval.

Apple had originally told the scam victims that there was nothing Apple could do and that Apple had a strict no-refund policy. Apple also pointed out that it advised purchasers of Apple gift cards not to provide the numbers to anyone they did not personally know. However, lawyers for the scam victims pointed out that Apple profited directly from the scams involving its gift cards because Apple typically deposited only 70% of the stolen gift card funds into the scammers' bank accounts and kept 30% as its commission, fully aware that it was profiting from its customers being scammed. Judge Edward Davilla found this to be unconscionable.

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The class action involves scams where Apple gift cards were used between 2015 and July 31, 2020 where victims were not reimbursed by Apple for their losses. Once the settlement is approved I will report to you about how to obtain a payment if you were one of the victims of this scam.

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a foot so far. it is 30 degrees with heavy snow ongoing. and we won a secondary snow storm to begin later.

what fun!! Poor Prince Harrison my feral will be shocked. the snow is taller than he.

he is inside now.

Be safe everyone in affected areas.

now that we got heat, and it is still working a couple hours after the men left, I am evidencing symptoms of a cold.

and a new gold rush comes on. gonna bundle back up under 4 blankets and watch.

oh, we have snow on the way in my area.

good nite all. May u find peace and rest and be pain free and fear free in Jesus precious name I pray.

HUGS.

omg. the bills keep a coming. and by email and they want me to print them and send with the payment. i don't have a stinkin printer anymore.

the power company is infamous online for not reading meters and sending people SURPRIZE bills.

we got one today online after houseshare went in their office to state he cannot read them online. geeze louize.

I was originally told by this house management firm that if i use geico auto insurance, when i pay that, the higher amt goes to house insurance. it was a buggary bollocks lie. no i gotta pay a new amt thru geico.

water bills and we are not allowed to drink the water in dutchess.



so, this is christmas. good luck all. i suspect its gonna be a beyotch soon to live at all.

I bid u all adieu. sweet dreams. protect Your Children Lord God I pray.

May ye all be having fun or helping another get thru.

Just stay safe.

We wish u a blessed and merry Christmas nonetheless.

Be careful all.