Both Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams are speaking out in the wake of an attack on two police officers by a group of men outside a migrant shelter in Midtown.


What You Need To Know

  • Two NYPD officers were assaulted outside a migrant shelter Saturday night, officials said

  • According to officials, seven suspects have been arrested as police continue to search for more

  • Gov. Kathy Hochul suggested if any of the defendants are migrants they should be deported

The governor suggested if any of the suspects are migrants, they should be deported.

“Get them all and send them back,” Hochul said at an unrelated news conference. “You don’t touch our police officers, you don’t touch anybody.”

Adams called the case disgusting.

“We have to make sure people respect our police officers,” he said at an unrelated news conference.

According to the NYPD, two officers were kicked and punched Saturday as they responded to a report of a disorderly group outside a migrant shelter.

Seven people were arrested and charged with crimes ranging from assault on a police officer to robbery, officials said.  

It’s unclear how many of them, if any, are migrants.

Six of the seven people arrested have been arraigned, according to the NYPD.

One suspect was held in custody after a judge granted the Manhattan prosecutor’s request for bail to be set at $15,000.

Manhattan prosecutors did not request bail during arraignments for the other five defendants as their review of the evidence continues.

In a statement, a spokesperson on the Jandry Barros case wrote: “The Manhattan District Attorney’s office declined to prosecute the [seventh] person arrested as they continue to investigate.”

In a statement, a spokesperson in the district attorney’s office said: ”We vigorously condemn assaults on police officers and prosecute those responsible. The question here is whether the person arrested was even involved. At this time, there is not sufficient evidence that he is one of the people who committed this terrible act.”

During a press briefing outside the Roosevelt Hotel, Camille Joseph Varlack, mayor’s chief of staff, said, “I think that its important that we get everyone that was involved in this incident I think they should go through the criminal justice system and if convicted, yeah I think they should be deported.”