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State Of Emergency: Fourth Hudson Valley County Joins Effort To Keep Away Asylum Seekers State Of Emergency: Fourth Hudson Valley County Joins Effort To Keep Away Asylum Seekers
State Of Emergency: Fourth Hudson Valley County Joins Effort To Keep Away Asylum Seekers A fourth Hudson Valley county has executed a State of Emergency in an effort to stop New York City from sending migrants and asylum seekers, in addition to enacting three executive orders.  Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne, a Republican, said on Monday, May 22 that he had executed and filed a State of Emergency in relation to New York City's "recent moves to relocate asylum seekers to Hudson Valley counties without proper coordination with local municipalities," he said in a statement released by county officials.  Byrne also said he enacted three executive orders that would "g…

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