Several homeless men who were among a group of 15 men claim they were recruited by a U.S. Army veteran to portray homeless veterans who were evicted from Orange County, New York hotels by a busload of migrants from New York City, according to multiple media reports.
The story began when Sharon Toney-Finch, an Army vet, claimed that some 20 homeless military veterans that the charity she founded, the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, had been paying to stay in hotels were evicted from The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh last week to make room for a group of migrants bussed 70 miles from New York City to the area. However, after the story gained traction following a New York Post report, the Mid-Hudson News reported that the hotel’s manager said there were no veterans at the hotel, none were kicked out and no guests were told to vacate.
The YIT Foundation, a small 501c3 nonprofit based in Monticello, New York, claims to …