Homeless Veterans Get Crushing News as Waves of Migrants Begin to Arrive, Report Says – But Lawmaker Says It’s False

UPDATE, May 19, 2023: The Times-Union of Albany, New York, threw cold water on reporting by the New York Post and others about homeless veterans being kicked out of hotel rooms in the state to make room for migrants. In an article published May 18, it said “the story has fallen apart over the past 48 hours, culminating Thursday evening with state Assemblyman Brian Maher, R-Walden, who had been advocating for the veterans in national media and in the state Legislature, denouncing it as false in a call with the Times Union.” Maher said he came to that conclusion after Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, failed to show him the proof he sought of payments for veterans’ hotel rooms. The Times-Union said it was unable to reach Toney-Finch this week. The Post has since added an editor’s note to its story that says, “This non-profit CEO has since been accused of misrepresenting the veterans who have been displaced for migrants.”