Though most of Stuyvesant Town is now enveloped in a border fence
designed to keep out illegal immigrants, on any given morning you can
see white vans packed with hundreds of undocumented workers entering
the complex at 14th Street and Avenue A which leaves residents asking
just where does Stuy Town stand on the illegal immigrant issue?Early this May, Stuyvesant Town embarked on a rigorous campaign to warn residents about the dangers illegal immigrants pose on them. Long time resident Marianne Markowitz tells us how terrified she was when she read a brochure that management mailed to her. "Oh my god! It said stuff like 'If you see any illegal immigrants, use one of the 15,000 security phones on the complex to call for help immediately! If you don't, they may stab or shoot you!' I was horrified! I told Morty to get his gun!"
The alarmist propaganda also reminded tenants to be careful who they buzz into their buildings. "Oy, then it said 'Illegal immigrants disguise themselves as food delivery people, and though they may look harmless in their baggy clothes and white aprons, they could cut your throat, enter your apartment and rob you blind'" Marianne tells us. "I just ordered from Johnny's Pizza last night, I'm lucky to be alive!"
Stuyvesant Town even went so far as to build a three mile border fence around the complex to keep out illegal immigrants which they later billed tenants for as an MCI. But after seeing Stuyvesant Town chauffer scores of migrant workers into the complex each morning, tenants want to know if José and Maria are friends or foes?
"First they tell us to hide from them because they'll shoot me and now I see them watering my plants," Marianne says, clearly confused by Stuy Town's mixed messages. "I think this whole issue is just a sick ploy to sneak in another MCI with that rickety fence."
Stuyvesant Town had no comment on the vans, immigrant workers, or the bathtubs with religious icons in them that have been popping up across the complex.
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