Roger Hannigan Gilson reports in the Times Union that the Greene County legislature, through Chairperson Patrick Linger, voted May 17 to declare a state of emergency because at some time in the future someone might send a busload of migrants to the county. So Greene County voted to fine any hotel that accepts a migrant. The state of emergency did not mention the southern Republican governors who might bus migrants their way, but did target the mayor of New York City, a Democrat. County legislators blamed, “New York City’s program to rapidly increase the number of migrants in the County to unsustainable levels,” even though no plan to bus migrants to Greene County has been reported or unveiled. Nevertheless, Greene County is now fining up to $2,000 per migrant per day against a hotel that violates the law, which is in effect for five days but can be extended. On May 17, Greene County sheriff’s deputies delivered copies of the emergency order to hotels and motels. Read more about this story in the Times Union