Lady Gaga’s father is suing the hundreds of migrants who have “taken over” his ritzy New York neighborhood, claiming they abuse residents, molest teenage girls and lure escorts to the area
- Joe Germanotta, 66, lives in The Pythian on the Upper West Side – and complained about the move of a migrant hotel to his neighborhood
- He claimed that the streets were flooded with parties, prostitution and reckless behavior because of the new neighbors
Lady Gaga’s father has led the charge against hundreds of migrants who have ‘taken over’ his ritzy New York neighborhood – claiming they are mistreating residents.
The pop star’s father, Joe Germanotta, 66, lives in The Pythian on the Upper West Side – and just down the road, the city has converted the Stratford Arms Hotel into accommodation for 500 migrants.
He now claims the streets are flooded with parties, prostitution and reckless behavior because of the new neighbors.
On average, 2,300 migrants arrive in the Big Apple every week — draining the city’s limited resources and crippling existing welfare systems.
He told the New York Post, “There are now 500 migrants living in this dorm.” That’s when all the chaos started. Hookers come and go. In the morning you can see prostitutes coming out of the building.
The pop star’s father, Joe Germanotta, 66, lives in The Pythian on the Upper West Side – and just down the road, the city has converted the Stratford Arms Hotel into accommodation for 500 migrants
The Pythian on the Upper West Side where Lady Gaga grew up
“The worst is at night.” The noise. It starts around 10am and lasts until 4am. They play music and tear through the streets with their motocross and motorcycle races.”
“Establish proper security, establish police presence and a code of conduct. They’re guests in our neighborhood and they’ve basically taken over.”
Germanotta said none of the UWS residents found out about the migrant shelter – and now trash and needles are strewn on the once-clean sidewalks.
While saying the migrants are probably good people, he said their anti-social behavior is becoming a problem and the people who decided to house them in the building had “ripped off” the locals.
They even call teenage girls as young as 14, New Jersey-born Germanotta said.
The center for migrants used to house the American Music and Dance Academy.
Speaking of Eric Adams’ response to the crisis, he said, “I think they should have just suspended ‘safety city’ status until we had enough housing and then said, ‘Yeah, okay, you can send more.’
Migrants sleep outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown last week
Germanotta said none of the UWS residents found out about the migrant shelter – and now trash and needles are strewn on the once-clean sidewalks
‘It’s a joke. Why doesn’t he get one of the cruise ships? The cruise ships accommodate more people and there is a more controlled environment.
“The city is spending a tremendous amount of money that could be spent on building affordable housing.”
“The really sad thing is we still have a certain percentage of veterans and homeless people in the neighborhood — but we don’t care about our own.”
Asylum seekers are held before being taken by city bus from the Port Authority bus terminal to residential facilities in the Bronx and Queens
A migrant family eats outside the Roosevelt Hotel, where dozens of recently arrived migrants are camping
“They don’t get food every day.” It’s really sad. I feel with you.’
Just last week, the corner of East 45th Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in Manhattan was the epicenter of the influx of migrants into the country.
Hundreds lined the block hoping to get into the makeshift processing center after arriving in the area on buses from the south.
The scene angered residents as they urged Mayor Eric Adams to do more.
The Roosevelt Hotel and other hotels have become focal points for refugees – within walking distance of Times Square, the World Trade Center Memorial and the Empire State Building.
At the weekend, migrants were handed small red tickets with numbers – and every now and then hotel employees would come out and call numbers to let people into the air-conditioned lobby.
Others desperately pushed forward to get inside and had to wait outside in the New York City heat.