Just came across this one, and in light of what I'm hearing now about that supposed fiasco I will be paying close attention to see if there are any new developments that would indicate otherwise.
It appears the story about homeless veterans being displaced by migrants in upstate New York hotels was a hoax, according to a New York politician quoted in the original story. The tale elicited outrage at the notion that homeless veterans out into the street to make room for the ongoing influx of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants.
The situation began when Sharon Toney-Finch, a veterans advocate who runs the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT), told the New York Post that upstate hotels were evicting almost two dozen homeless veterans to make room for incoming immigrants being bused from New York City and that her organization assisted the veterans in finding rooms at other hotels...