As the migrant crisis shreds New York’s safety net, one leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), has been steadfastly consistent in his stance: silence.
It actually makes sense, though, that Schumer, the Senate majority leader, never has a word to say about the tens of thousands of people sleeping in homeless shelters and, now, on sidewalks.
The only way Schumer knows how to “solve” a problem is to throw money at it, and this problem can’t be fixed with money.
New York City was sheltering 56,200 migrants as of last week.
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Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here.
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