Editor’s Note: Arlene Schlesinger, a dedicated community advocate and Republican County Committee member, has authored the following letter to President Trump. Written on behalf of the Queens Village Republican Club, this letter highlights the critical issues and challenges facing Eastern Queens, NY. It will be sent to the White House to bring these concerns to the President’s attention.
Honorable President Trump,
We write to you on behalf of the Queens Village Republican Club, the oldest Republican club in America, proudly serving our community for 150 years. We stood by you, prayed for you, fought for your victory, and continue to support your triumphant return to the White House to Make America Great Again.
Today, we reach out in desperation. Eastern Queens—your hometown—is under siege. Radical leftist policies are destroying our communities, and we have been abandoned by those in power. We have rallied, protested, and pleaded with our local, city and state elected officials, yet they refuse to listen. Now, we turn to you.
Since August 2023, we have been fighting against the migrant tent encampment at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, just off Hillside Avenue in Bellerose, NYC. With the stroke of a pen, Governor Hochul forced 1,300 single adult migrant men into our small, suburban residential neighborhood of Bellerose. Crime has skyrocketed, and yet the NYPD is under orders to take a hands-off approach—because we are told these individuals are our “guests.” The consequences of this reckless policy stretch far beyond Bellerose, affecting Jamaica Estates, and all the communities along Union Turnpike, and the surrounding areas. Migrants are even living in tents in our precious parks, such as Alley Pond Park and Cunningham Park, to avoid detection.
