Loudonville, N.Y. (WBEN) - New poll numbers show New York voters oppose both using SUNY dorms to temporarily house new migrants and relocating some new migrants from New York City to housing in other counties.
The poll, released by Siena Research on Wednesday, show that 54% of voters polled disapprove of using SUNY dorms to house new migrants.
"Voters oppose using SUNY dorms to temporarily house new migrants to New York by a 21-point margin," said Siena pollster Steve Greenberg in a statement. "It's opposed by more than three-quarters of Republicans and a majority of independents, while Democrats are evenly divided. Pluralities of young and Latino voters support using SUNY dorms to temporarily house migrants, but majorities of older, white and Black voters oppose it."
"By a narrower 46-40% margin, a plurality of voters opposes relocating migrants to counties outside New York City in housing paid for by the City," Greenberg said. "A majority of Democrats and New York City voters support it, however, it's opposed by Republicans, independents, downstate suburbanites and upstaters."
