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Group of Clinton Hill residents protest migrant shelters

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A group of neighbors in Brooklyn say they’re fed up.

According to Clinton Hill residents, migrant shelters in their community have led to quality-of-life issues.

“The minute you start robbing, not in my backyard. The minute you become a criminal, not in my backyard. The minute you lay and put trash all over my street where I live, not in my backyard,” Renee Collymore, Democratic liaison for the 57th Assembly District, said.

Collymore held a rally Tuesday with residents who say two separate shootings over the weekend near migrant shelters were their tipping point.

“When people are now lifeless, dead bodies on the streets of Clinton Hill. That’s the last straw,” she said.

On Sunday night, two men were shot outside a migrant shelter on Ryerson Street. One of them died, according to officials.

Less than 10 minutes earlier, police said they found a man who was shot inside Steuben Park. That also man died later on.

According to police, the shootings are possibly gang-related.

Instead of about 4,000 people between the two shelters, some in attendance of the protest say they prefer a smaller size of 400 people.

“They should be spaced out, smaller camps, smaller areas,” Clinton Hill resident Charles McNeil said.

“It’s unmanageable with what it is now,” Clinton Hill resident Michael Crawford said.

“We should be asking them, did you go to Washington to fight to stop this from happening to New York? And many of them are going to tell you, no,” Mayor Eric Adams said.

Adams pushed back on residents who want migrants to go elsewhere at his weekly press availability.

“I have yet to have one community that raises their hand and says, ‘Eric, bring them here,’” he said.

Residents are calling on the mayor to come to their neighborhood in Brooklyn.

Meanwhile, police say they are still looking for a suspect in the two shootings.

Anyone with information is asked to reach out to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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