Overview

• Startling video footage shows NYPD officers being attacked by migrants at a Randall's Island shelter as they tried to apprehend a disorderly man.
• The incident involved migrants throwing bottles, debris, and even a backpack at the officers, with one female officer hit in the head.
• The altercation began when a man, not a resident of the shelter, was asked to leave by officials and subsequently resisted arrest.
• This event is part of a series of recent assaults on NYPD officers by migrants, raising questions about the handling of the city's migrant crisis.
• Governor Kathy Hochul has called for the deportation of migrants involved in such incidents, amid ongoing debates over New York's migrant policies.