Unless you’re a local, you may have never heard of Randall’s Island in New York City. It typically doesn’t generate a lot of headlines, but it will soon. It’s a nice, small island located between the East River and the Harlem River and it has public parks, sports fields, and several other amenities. But now there are massive metallic structures being constructed there where as many as 2,000 illegal migrants will be housed, courtesy of the taxpayers of the state. Governor Kathy Hochul has secured funding to provide $20 million per month to cover the cost of the shelter. That works out to $10,000 per month for every migrant being given a bed there. And the locals can forget about using the parks and the sports fields. This is beyond ridiculous and it needs to end. (NY Post)

New York taxpayers will dole out $20 million a month to house migrants on Randall’s Island, according to a state source — or $10,000 per asylum-seeker if the site fills all of its 2,000 beds.

The makeshift facility off Manhattan is one of four migrant housing sites fully funded by the state as part of a desperate effort to keep up with the flood of migrants who have New York City at its breaking point.

A well-placed source with the state told The Post over the weekend that the state is providing $20 million a month to run the Randall’s center.

The mayor’s latest estimate is that state and city taxpayers will be shelling out $12 billion (with a “B”) over the next three years to cover the cost of all of the migrant facilities being established. And that’s just for the migrants that are here now. More are coming every week.

The loss of Randall’s Island Park to the public is particularly stinging. There have already been protests, but they appear to be falling on deaf ears. And the money should send a shockwave through all of the legal residents of the Big Apple. Just think about that figure for a moment. $20 million dollars per month for 2,000 beds under a collection of what are basically long, metal sheds. Do you know how many cops you could hire and pay with $20 million per month? You could have the city cleaned up by Christmas.

This is $10,000 per month for each illegal migrant camped out on the island. You can actually rent a fairly nice apartment in Queens for that kind of money and move your family in. But it’s going to be spent on a single bed for someone who came into our country illegally and should have been deported. We still have veterans, many suffering from PTSD, who are living in homeless shelters in New York City. They show up in the papers every week. Do you suppose their lives might be uplifted a bit with $10,000 per month? For that price, they might not be homeless anymore since you’re just sloshing taxpayer money around in these amounts. Did you ever think about that, Governor? How about you, Mr. Mayor? Aren’t they your responsibility also?

At the risk of repeating myself, I will remind everyone that this is not a final solution. This may – possibly – deal with the current population of illegal migrants in the city for the time being. But they’re still coming every week because the border is still open and the idiots in charge of Gotham declared to the world that it’s a “sanctuary city” and they are legally obliged to provide a roof to anyone who asks instead of enforcing our immigration laws. Congratulations. You are now getting exactly what you asked for. And you’re bleeding the city and the state dry while your own people are dealing with inflation, crime, homelessness, and rising addiction and suicide rates. I hope you’re all proud of yourselves.

This all passed the point of being obscene a long time ago. The migrants do not belong here. They need to go back to where they came from and apply to immigrate legally if they want to live in the United States. We have our own people to take care of. The people of New York City don’t just need to vote out all of these morons. We need an actual revolt. The city did virtually nothing when the BLM riots lit the place on fire. Let’s see how they respond if a bunch of ticked-off people show up and start tearing down those shelters. Enough is enough.