General Discussion

It is only the largest city in the country, the world's financial, cultural, and diplomatic capital.

There is a rather famous statue in NYC's harbor that has for generations served as a beacon to immigrants from around the world that our doors are open to anyone.

Here is the text of Lazarus' poem for those that need a reminder of what the greatest city in the world represents.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”


I am troubled that even in Liberty's shadow, Schumer and Jeffries -- NYer's BOTH, seem to have not yet internalized this most essential element of the New York spirit.

"Mother of Exiles ... [g]lows world-wide welcome"

"Send [...] the homeless, tempest tost to me"