Now, she is accusing Mayor Eric Adams’s administration of “stonewalling” her request when NYPD officials told her she would not receive a report until Nov. 15, 10 days after the general election.

“I believe the administration is stonewalling,” she told the New York Post. “The public has a right to know. Either they’re stonewalling or there are many more crimes being committed by migrants than they can tabulate in a year. That’s ridiculous.”

Malliotakis specifically requested “statistics as to how many crimes were committed in or within a five-block radius of a City-run migrant shelter” in 2023. “How many arrestees have listed a City-run shelter as their home address and what were their top charges during this same time period,” she added. “Have you instructed the NYPD to track detailed records of incidents and or offenses involving migrants?”

The NYPD has periodically sent her updates that it is processing, but officials said she would not receive a response until as late as Nov. 15. Migrant crime is a hot-button topic in New York City among voters.

If a member of Congress is having a hard time getting data under the Freedom of Information Law, how hard is it for the average taxpaying citizen? The City must stop STONEWALLING! ⁦@NYCMayor⁩ ⁦@NYPDPC⁩ https://t.co/koekul4spY

— Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) September 5, 2024

However, reporting such a statistic could be challenging. Under the city’s sanctuary law, officers are limited from asking criminal defendants about their immigration status and do not report that information.

“I’m sure that there’s a lot of arrests that have come from a lot of different groups that come here, especially groups that might not be able to work,” Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom said at the mayor’s Tuesday press briefing.

She also said that the city does not bar migrants from shelters if they have been arrested.

Adams also said in Tuesday’s press conference that safety and housing in the city are his top two goals.

“Everything else is a luxury, and if we can find ways to find win-wins as we accomplish these goals, I’m more than willing to do so,” Adams said. “… I got 60-something thousand people living in the shelter, 150,000 migrants and asylum-seekers are going to be looking for shelter, and I get calls every day, all day, of seniors who are in tears because they don’t believe they will have a roof over their heads.

“I got to put New Yorkers in housing, and I’m often the bad guy for doing so but I got to do it. I got to get it done.”

In June, Malliotakis again accused Adams’s administration of stonewalling, though she dropped President Joe Biden’s and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D-NY) names as well.

“The city must be forthcoming with this information, especially since the only time we ever find out about criminals residing in our migrant shelters is AFTER they commit a rape, murder, or other violent crime,” she said in a statement.

“President Biden, Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams all told us these individuals were vetted, and every day we learn of another example of how that’s not the case,” she continued. “Either the city is purposely evading transparency by not complying with FOIL in an effort to cover up the facts, or there have been so many crimes committed by those residing in our city illegally that they need another three months to calculate the numbers. Either way, it’s wrong and the cover-up has to stop.”

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Malliotakis, New York City’s only House Republican, will face Democrat Andrea Morse in November. While the district has previously swung to both parties, Decision Desk HQ gives the incumbent a 97% chance of winning reelection.

The Washington Examiner contacted Adams’s office for comment but did not receive a response.