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VOLUME 27, NO. 33 THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2022 25 CENTS

Cardinal Dolan Meets Asylum Seekers Governor Hochul Visited Small Business

Arriving in NYC on Buses From Texas on Bayside’s Bell Boulevard

Cardinal Timothy Dolan meets with asylum seeking mi-
grant families that arrived in NYC on buses from Texas as
Mayor Eric Adams continues to make clear that he will not
turn them away.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, along
with the city, are helping with things like food, places to stay,
legal help and health care for more than 1,500 migrants that
have shown up at their doors just in the last six weeks alone.
Cardinal Dolan said, “These just aren’t cases, these just
aren’t problems, these just aren’t statistics, these are not just
refugees and asylum seekers in the plural, these are people
with names, and with dads and moms.”
Cardinal Dolan expressed the magnitude of the situation
Catholic Charities is facing with the unprecedented influx of
asylum seekers following the meeting.
Dolan went on to say that those who just arrived have been
through turmoil, for months some of them have been walking
from Colombia and Venezuela. It has been a long and difficult
journey for families, like Maria and her 8-month-old son, who
spent days traveling from Venezuela.
Catholic Charities is working to get migrants basic necessi-
ties, any legal help, and assistance connecting them to family
members who are already in other parts of the country.
City officials estimate that about 2,800 asylum seekers
have arrived so far by bus from Texas and Arizona. It’s unclear
when this influx will die down, because the buses have been
arriving at the Port Authority unannounced.
Mayor Adams mentioned to Cardinal Dolan that he has
asked for federal funding to help with the influx and he says
he’s hopeful it will happen.

NYC CM Paladino Attends NYS Governor Kathy Hochul joined Congresswoman Grace Meng and NYC Councilmember
Sandra Ung as they visited small business on Bayside’s Bell Boulevard. Photo courtesy of
Sandra Ung’s office. See story on page 6.
“Stop Asian Hate” Event Unveiling of The LIE Overpass as

“Detective Anastasios Tsakos Memorial Bridge”

At the unveiling of the renamed Long Island Expressway (“LIE”) overpass at Francis Lewis Boulevard
The NYPD School Outreach Unit held a “Stop Asian Hate” event at and Horace Harding Expressway as “Detective Anastasios Tsakos Memorial Bridge” is (l to r) DEA
Bowne Playground in Flushing. Council Member Vickie Paladino was President Paul DiGiacomo, PBA President Patrick J. Lynch, NYPD Chief of Transportation Kim Y.
pleased to see such an outpouring of support from the surrounding Royster, New York Police Department (“NYPD”) Commissioner Keechant Sewell, Assemblywoman
community; and, as we approach the 2022-2023 school year it is Nily Rozic, Members of the Tsakos family, Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, Congresswoman Grace Meng
important to combat hate in any form. and Assemblyman Edward Braunstein. See story on page 2.
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