Published December 16, 2023
Apparently, there has been an update to the famous Emma Lazarus poem ‘The New Colossus,’ on the Statue of Liberty in New York City. The second stanza of the sonnet now reads, ‘Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to eat at 5-star restaurants …’
OK, that’s not true. But it might as well be, given the news reported by the New York Post on Thursday and Friday.
Yes, that’s right. The people who came to the United States illegally, and are now being sheltered at the Roosevelt Hotel at taxpayer expense, are now turning up their noses at the food that is being given to them — also for free — every day.
The Post first reported on Thursday that the contractor, DocGo, was discovered to have been throwing out thousands of uneaten meals each day, as many as 5,000 on a single day. When asked about this, the company said it was because the illegals were eating meals they purchased on their own in their rooms, spurring the Post to investigate at the Roosevelt Hotel and verify the claim.
Meals served to the migrants include pancakes and Quecas, a type of fried tortilla, for breakfast; sandwiches for lunch and dinners including chicken alfredo and chicken with spaghetti
The Post spotted several migrant families hauling groceries into the Roosevelt this week — including strollers stacked with boxes of Cheerios and Cornflakes, as well as bags filled with chips, bread and pasta.
Migrant mom, Johana Roa, 23, admitted the breakfast is varied, but not to her taste.
‘The breakfast they give us is very sweet. They give us pancakes, donuts and cookies for breakfast at 6am. It is too sweet to give to my daughter, so I just take a few things. Nothing healthy apart from eggs and fruit, apples and oranges. No oats.’
Oh, we’re sorry. The free eggs and fruit aren’t good enough for you? You don’t like the chicken alfredo? Not enough fresh cracked pepper on that?
Ahh, but they’re not starving. As the Post reports, they are going out and buying food independently. This begs the question: Why are taxpayers footing the bill for these meals, and housing, in the first place?
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SOURCE: www.twitchy.com
RELATED: Migrants Reject Free Shelter Meals, Costing Taxpayers $776K
Published December 16, 2023
New York City asylum seekers are rejecting the free meals provided at shelters, deeming them “bad,” with some choosing to discard them and cook in their rooms instead.
The revelation follows the recent disclosure that thousands of taxpayer-funded meals for asylum seekers are wasted daily, the N.Y. Post reported.
DocGo, awarded a $432 million no-bid contract for migrant services, receives up to $33 per day per asylum seeker.
Internal records revealed that a company serving meals to migrants in the city discarded over 70,000 meals between October 22 and November 22. The discarded food during this period would cost taxpayers approximately $776,000.
Jesus Alberto, a 31-year-old migrant from Venezuela, stated, “Without lying, it’s bad, bad.” Meals at the Big Apple’s Roosevelt Hotel mega shelter include pancakes and quecas (tortillas) for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, and dinners including chicken alfredo and chicken with spaghetti.
Johana Roa, a 23-year-old migrant mom, described the breakfast as too sweet for her daughter. She noted, “Nothing healthy apart from eggs and fruit, apples and oranges. No oats.” Roa admitted to using a rice cooker in her room to prepare meals.
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SOURCE: www. newsmax.com
RELATED: Migrants reject ‘bad’ sandwiches, pancakes, donuts and chicken dishes at NYC shelters
Published December 15, 2023
Several migrants confessed to The Post Friday the meals served up at New York City asylum seeker shelters are so “bad” they often just trash them — with some opting to sneakily cook in their rooms instead.
Their claims of terrible food came a day after it was revealed thousands of uneaten, taxpayer-funded meals prepared for asylum seekers are tossed each day.
“No one likes the food,” Jesus Alberto, 31, from Venezuela, told The Post outside the Roosevelt Hotel — the Big Apple’s main migrant intake center.
“Without lying, it’s bad, bad.”
Meals served to the migrants include pancakes and Quecas, a type of fried tortilla, for breakfast; sandwiches for lunch and dinners including chicken alfredo and chicken with spaghetti.
The number of meals being wasted is down, in part, to asylum seekers ditching the city-funded food in favor of buying their own.
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SOURCE: www.nypost.com
