May 19, 2023 · In its original story, the New York Post quoted Toney-Finch as saying that one of the men had supposedly called her to tell her about being left on the streets. “Last night, I was crying,” she ... Sharon Toney-Finch with NY Assemblyman Brian Maher, who said the advocate lied when she claimed ex-military were getting booted from hotels to make way for the flood of migrants up north. But on ...May 24, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch, director of the non-profit Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT), was nominated for the New York state Senate honor by Sen. Rob Rolison (R-Poughkeepsie) on May 16. Majority... May 19, 2023 · That story, told by Yerik Israel Toney Foundation chief executive Sharon Toney-Finch, was picked up May 12 by The New York Post and quickly followed by Fox News, Newsmax and other conservative news outlets. The Post on Friday published a follow-up story reporting on the latest development. Sharon Toney-Finch is a decorated military veteran and director of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. Sharon Toney-Finch/Facebook. They said they agreed to the deal in part because one of the ...May 19, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch is a decorated military veteran and director of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. Sharon Toney-Finch/Facebook. They said they agreed to the deal in part because one of the ... May 20, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch, in blue shirt, poses with then-state Sen. Sue Serino and other veterans at a 2021 event. New York State Senate. U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Thomas Schueman, who runs his own ... May 12, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch did her basic training at Fort Jackson and then was assigned to her first unit with the 3rd Infantry Division as a MOS 92A logistics specialist. She deployed to Iraq in 2008 and helped to stand up FOB Hammer in Iskandariya. Sharon completed her first deployment in 2009 without incident and returned to Fort Benning for a few ... One of the people claiming to be an evicted veteran told The Albany Times Union newspaper that local veterans advocate Sharon Toney-Finch recruited him to take part in a scheme designed to ...YIT Foundation founder Sharon Toney-Finch allegedly lied about veterans being displaced from Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh New York. She is accused of recruiting homeless men to pose as veterans, offering them food, alcohol, and money to go along with the scheme.UPDATED 7:53 AM ET May. 20, 2023. The story of migrants displacing homeless veterans that caused outrage and death threats was manufactured, according to local officials who had a role in amplifying the hoax. Sharon Toney-Finch, a veterans’ activist in Poughkeepsie, allegedly recruited homeless men last week to pose as veterans who were ...Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of an upstate veteran-oriented nonprofit, has been accused of fabricating a story that homeless veterans were displaced from a hotel to make room for asylum seekers. @bridgetgillardSharon Toney-Finch, who runs the YIT Foundation, told news outlets that nearly two dozen veterans were kicked out of hotels in Orange County, New York to make room for migrants. Toney-Finch ...Sharon Toney-Finch is a decorated military veteran and director of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. Sharon Toney-Finch/Facebook. They said they agreed to the deal in part because one of the ...Sharon is a excellent motivator and probably the most caring person I have ever met. I’m proud to know Sharon, and I hope she is recognized for this achievement. (Tyrone Finch) Sharon has worked hard with building her foundation that helps military families with preemies as well as homeless veterans and low-income vets.Sharon Toney-Finch is a decorated military veteran and director of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. Sharon Toney-Finch/Facebook. They said they agreed to the deal in part because one of the ...May 24, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch, director of the non-profit Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT), was nominated for the New York state Senate honor by Sen. Rob Rolison (R-Poughkeepsie) on May 16. Majority... UPDATED 7:53 AM ET May. 20, 2023. The story of migrants displacing homeless veterans that caused outrage and death threats was manufactured, according to local officials who had a role in amplifying the hoax. Sharon Toney-Finch, a veterans’ activist in Poughkeepsie, allegedly recruited homeless men last week to pose as veterans who were ...In reality, Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of a veterans’ advocacy organization, had concocted the tall tale and apparently even recruited men from a homeless shelter to pose as the displaced vets for the media. Of course, by the time the fraud was exposed, right-wing media had run wild with the story. Fox News led the way, airing dozens of on ...We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.According to Toney-Finch at the time, 15 of the veterans had been kicked out of the Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, a community 60 minutes north of New York City.Sharon Toney-Finch, founder of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping homeless military veterans and others, in mid-May told a New York state legislator and the ...The story, which was on the cover of that day's edition, told the tale of 20 veterans who were kicked out of various hotels in upstate New York, including the Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, an account that was shared with the Post by Sharon Toney-Finch, the head of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. Toney-Finch claimed that her group paid for ...Sharon Toney-Finch, OIF Purple Heart Recipient, was born in May 1980 and raised in Woodrige NY. In . February 2006, Sharon joined the Army to become part of the Quarter Master team. Sharon did boot camp . at FT Jackson in South Carolina and completed AIT for Supply Logistics at Ft Lee Virgina. After training, Dec 9, 2022 · Sharon Toney-Finch beside a collage dedicated to her son, Yerik Israel Toney, the namesake of YIT Foundation in Monticello on December 6, 2022. The YIT Foundation's mission is to raise awareness ... Sharon Toney-Finch, a disabled veteran who founded the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, said she was misguided in her initial understanding that veterans under her group’s care were moved from...May 23, 2023 · By the end of the week, the Mid Hudson News had a group of homeless men ready to talk about how Sharon Toney-Finch, the source of this tale and the head of a veteran advocacy group, had recruited ... Update 5/22/23, 7:15 a.m. ET: This article was updated to reflect that the original claim by Sharon Toney-Finch has since been described as a fabrication. Update 5/15/23, 10:10 a.m. ET: This ...Sharon Toney-Finch, in blue shirt, poses with then-state Sen. Sue Serino and other veterans at a 2021 event. New York State Senate. U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Thomas Schueman, who runs his own ...Sharon Toney-Finch, the founder of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, has come under fire for allegedly fabricating a story about homeless military veterans being evicted from New York hotels to make room for newly arrived migrants. The story gained national attention and sparked outrage, but it appears to have been completely untrue.Sharon Denise Toney-Finch, Court Case No. 19-35137 in the New York Southern Bankruptcy Court. Sharon Toney-Finch was nominated by Sen. Rob Rolison, R-Poughkeepsie, on May 16. Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins informed Rolison in a letter on Tuesday that the distinction has been rescinded.Our Founder: Sharon-Toney Finch, a disabled military veteran, created YIT in honor of the premature birth of her son Yerik. The YIT Foundation strives to raise awareness of premature births, offer assistance to preemies (and their families), and provide a place to stay or transportation while the babies are in NICU. Last week, Toney-Finch recruited several homeless men from a shelter in Poughkeepsie and allegedly offered them food and money to pose as YIT-assisted veterans who were kicked out of their lodging ...The men said they were paid by Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. She also allegedly forged credit card receipts to make it appear that the hotel had accepted ...Toney-Finch alleged that the veterans her group was paying to house at these hotels reached out to her to say that they had "been placed in another hotel due to what’s going on with the immigrants."May 19, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch and Assemblyman Brian Maher (photo credit Brian Maher Facebook) The admission comes after Maher used the fake crisis to garner front-page coverage in the New York Post last week ... Sharon Toney-Finch, the founder of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, has come under fire for allegedly fabricating a story about homeless military veterans being evicted from New York hotels to make room for newly arrived migrants. The story gained national attention and sparked outrage, but it appears to have been completely untrue.The woman at the center of the maelstrom is Sharon Toney-Finch, who was inducted last July into the New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame after a special salute by lawmakers for her service.May 20, 2023 · The controversy around an Army veteran accused of fabricating a tale of homeless veterans being booted from hotels to make room for migrants deepened on Friday—with state officials launching an investigation and questions raised about her claims of being a Purple Heart recipient. The woman at the center of the maelstrom is Sharon Toney-Finch ... YIT: helping babies and homeless vets. Sharon Toney-Finch founded The YIT Foundation in loving memory of her son Yerik to raise awareness of premature births, offer assistance to preemies (and their families), and provide a place to stay or transportation while the babies are in NICU. The foundation also helps homeless and low-income military ...“We were scammed,” Douglas Terry, 55, said about Sharon Toney-Finch, a nonprofit leader who houses the homeless. Terry and others identified Toney-Finch as the person who allegedly offered...Dec 9, 2022 · Sharon Toney-Finch beside a collage dedicated to her son, Yerik Israel Toney, the namesake of YIT Foundation in Monticello on December 6, 2022. The YIT Foundation's mission is to raise awareness ... UPDATED 7:53 AM ET May. 20, 2023. The story of migrants displacing homeless veterans that caused outrage and death threats was manufactured, according to local officials who had a role in amplifying the hoax. Sharon Toney-Finch, a veterans’ activist in Poughkeepsie, allegedly recruited homeless men last week to pose as veterans who were ...Sharon Toney-Finch, the director of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT), was nominated for the New York State Senate honor by Sen. Rob Rolison (R-Poughkeepsie) on May 16. The Sharon Toney-Finch Story: I was injured during my 2 tours in Iraq and was taken to a hospital in Germany for surgery and recovery. While on my tour in Seoul, South Korea, I was in excruciating pain and went to the Army Hospital and the International hospital for relief to no avail.Sharon Toney-Finch served in the Army from 2006 to 2015. She is suspected of pushing a hoax in upstate New York that local veterans were pushed from a homeless shelter to make room for the arrival ...May 24, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch, director of the non-profit Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT), was nominated for the New York state Senate honor by Sen. Rob Rolison (R-Poughkeepsie) on May 16. Majority... May 12, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch did her basic training at Fort Jackson and then was assigned to her first unit with the 3rd Infantry Division as a MOS 92A logistics specialist. She deployed to Iraq in 2008 and helped to stand up FOB Hammer in Iskandariya. Sharon completed her first deployment in 2009 without incident and returned to Fort Benning for a few ... May 20, 2023 · The controversy around an Army veteran accused of fabricating a tale of homeless veterans being booted from hotels to make room for migrants deepened on Friday—with state officials launching an investigation and questions raised about her claims of being a Purple Heart recipient. The woman at the center of the maelstrom is Sharon Toney-Finch ... Sharon Toney-Finch, a disabled veteran who founded the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, said she was misguided in her initial understanding that veterans under her group’s care were moved from...May 22, 2023 · YIT Foundation founder Sharon Toney-Finch allegedly lied about veterans being displaced from Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh New York. She is accused of recruiting homeless men to pose as veterans, offering them food, alcohol, and money to go along with the scheme. May 19, 2023 · That story, told by Yerik Israel Toney Foundation chief executive Sharon Toney-Finch, was picked up May 12 by The New York Post and quickly followed by Fox News, Newsmax and other conservative news outlets. The Post on Friday published a follow-up story reporting on the latest development. May 19, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch is a decorated military veteran and director of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. Sharon Toney-Finch/Facebook. They said they agreed to the deal in part because one of the ... May 15, 2023 · Update 5/22/23, 7:15 a.m. ET: This article was updated to reflect that the original claim by Sharon Toney-Finch has since been described as a fabrication. Update 5/15/23, 10:10 a.m. ET: This ... May 19, 2023 · In its original story, the New York Post quoted Toney-Finch as saying that one of the men had supposedly called her to tell her about being left on the streets. “Last night, I was crying,” she ... Bankruptcy Cases in Southern District of New York (Bankruptcy), 2019, case numbers 2019-bk-35000 through 2019-bk-35499The controversy around an Army veteran accused of fabricating a tale of homeless veterans being booted from hotels to make room for migrants deepened on Friday—with state officials launching an investigation and questions raised about her claims of being a Purple Heart recipient. The woman at the center of the maelstrom is Sharon Toney-Finch ...Dec 7, 2022 · Sharon Toney-Finch understands the struggles that come with service. She was injured twice while serving in Iraq, and continues to deal with a disability, a traumatic brain injury. She earned a ... May 20, 2023 · After that, Ms. Toney-Finch told the men they were headed to a nearby veterans center where they would pose as veterans who had been kicked out of a local hotel, one of the shelter residents ... said Toney-Finch. It is estimated that Castle Point serves some 40,000 veterans in Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Counties. Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan is a veteran and says the need is growing.May 19, 2023 · “One of the vets called me on Sunday,’’ YIT Foundation CEO Sharon Toney-Finch told the Post last week. “He told me he had to leave because the hotel said the extended stay is not available. Update 5/22/23, 7:15 a.m. ET: This article was updated to reflect that the original claim by Sharon Toney-Finch has since been described as a fabrication. Update 5/15/23, 10:10 a.m. ET: This ...Learn about Sharon Toney Finch's political career and controversies. Sharon Toney Finch is a political figure who has gained a reputation for her controversial statements and actions. She has been involved in several political parties throughout her career, including the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Constitution Party.The Yerik Israel Toney Foundation is a nonprofit foundation based in Monticello, New York, that says it provides assistance to military veterans and their families. In its story published on May 12, the Post reported that the foundation’s CEO, Sharon Toney-Finch, had claimed that veterans were being removed from temporary housing in hotels so ...Sharon Toney-Finch, director of the non-profit Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT), was nominated for the New York state Senate honor by Sen. Rob Rolison (R-Poughkeepsie) on May 16. Majority...The men say they were coached by Sharon Toney-Finch to spin a tale of eviction from the Crossroads Hotel Phillip Pantuso May 19, 2023 Updated: May 19, 2023 7:41 p.m.Sharon Toney-Finch. Founder of Yerik Israel Toney Foundation for Preemies INC. Help Military families to cope with their preemies in the NICU as well continue growth. We have expanded to be...May 19, 2023 · Toney-Finch tried to capitalize on the migrant crisis by claiming an upstate hotel had booted homeless veterans served by her organization in order to make room for asylum-seekers. The story of men and women who served their country being replaced by foreign migrants was catnip to Republicans and ignited outrage across the country. Last week, the New York Post published an article — teased on its front page in an enormous font — that relied on an account from Sharon Toney-Finch, head of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation ...Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of an upstate veteran-oriented nonprofit, has been accused of fabricating a story that homeless veterans were displaced from a hotel to make room for asylum seekers. @bridgetgillardMay 19, 2023 · In its original story, the New York Post quoted Toney-Finch as saying that one of the men had supposedly called her to tell her about being left on the streets. “Last night, I was crying,” she ... Dec 7, 2022 · Sharon Toney-Finch understands the struggles that come with service. She was injured twice while serving in Iraq, and continues to deal with a disability, a traumatic brain injury. She earned a ... Last week, Toney-Finch recruited several homeless men from a shelter in Poughkeepsie and allegedly offered them food and money to pose as YIT-assisted veterans who were kicked out of their lodging ...Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of YIT Foundation expressed her frustration citing that “Our veterans have been placed in another hotel due to what’s going on with the immigrants ...Toney-Finch alleged that the veterans her group was paying to house at these hotels reached out to her to say that they had "been placed in another hotel due to what’s going on with the immigrants."May 19, 2023 · The controversy around an Army veteran accused of fabricating a tale of homeless veterans being booted from hotels to make room for migrants deepened on Friday—with state officials launching an investigation and questions raised about her claims of being a Purple Heart recipient. The woman at the center of the maelstrom is Sharon Toney-Finch ... Leaders from the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation said they had to scramble to find new housing overnight to keep the ... Foundation Executive Director Sharon Finch did not respond to requests for ...Sharon Toney-Finch is a decorated military veteran and director of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. Sharon Toney-Finch/Facebook. They said they agreed to the deal in part because one of the ...Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, who herself is a disabled military veteran told the publication that the veterans were originally set to temporarily stay at the three hotels for up to four weeks until permanent housing for them could be found. However, they were given the boot after just two weeks.In reality, Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of a veterans’ advocacy organization, had concocted the tall tale and apparently even recruited men from a homeless shelter to pose as the displaced vets ...
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Toney-Finch is the founder and chairman of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, which helps veterans in need of living assistance. On Friday, she denied the allegations to CNN, saying she...The Sharon Toney-Finch Story: I was injured during my 2 tours in Iraq and was taken to a hospital in Germany for surgery and recovery. While on my tour in Seoul, South Korea, I was in excruciating pain and went to the Army Hospital and the International hospital for relief to no avail. All Latest Sharon Toney-Finch News / State Watch Story of homeless veterans booted from hotel for migrants was a hoax: NY lawmaker State Watch / 3 months ago by Brad Dress. 05/19/23 3:48 PM ET ...Sharon Toney-Finch, director of the non-profit Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT), was nominated for the New York state Senate honor by Sen. Rob Rolison (R-Poughkeepsie) on May 16. Majority...Sharon Toney-Finch and Assemblyman Brian Maher (photo credit Brian Maher Facebook) The admission comes after Maher used the fake crisis to garner front-page coverage in the New York Post last week ...In reality, Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of a veterans’ advocacy organization, had concocted the tall tale and apparently even recruited men from a homeless shelter to pose as the displaced vets ...“Our veterans have been placed in another hotel due to what’s going on with the immigrants,’’ said Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. All 20 of the booted veterans have ended up at a Hudson Valley hotel about 20 minutes away, said Toney-Finch.Earlier this month, Army vet Sharon Toney-Finch claimed that the charity she started, the Yerik Israel Toney (YIT) Foundation, had been paying to house a group of some 20 homeless veterans at The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, only for the hotel to evict the veterans so migrants bused 70 miles from New York City could stay at the hotel.Toney-Finch told the New York Post that the organization paid about $88 a day for ... This article was updated to reflect that the original claim by Sharon Toney-Finch has since been described as ...Sharon Toney-Finch is a decorated military veteran and director of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation. Sharon Toney-Finch/Facebook. They said they agreed to the deal in part because one of the ...Toney-Finch alleged that the veterans her group was paying to house at these hotels reached out to her to say that they had "been placed in another hotel due to what’s going on with the immigrants."May 21, 2023 · Toney-Finch alleged that the veterans her group was paying to house at these hotels reached out to her to say that they had "been placed in another hotel due to what’s going on with the immigrants." May 22, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch, who runs the YIT Foundation, told news outlets that nearly two dozen veterans were kicked out of hotels in Orange County, New York to make room for migrants. Toney-Finch claimed that most of the veterans were staying at The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, located in Orange County. But Toney-Finch’s claims aren’t true ... May 18, 2023 · Sharon Toney-Finch, an Army veteran who was badly injured in Iraq and awarded a Purple Heart, had said her organization - the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation for Preemies, or YIT Foundation - was ... YIT: helping babies and homeless vets. Sharon Toney-Finch founded The YIT Foundation in loving memory of her son Yerik to raise awareness of premature births, offer assistance to preemies (and their families), and provide a place to stay or transportation while the babies are in NICU. The foundation also helps homeless and low-income military ...Sharon Toney-Finch served in the Army from 2006 to 2015. She is suspected of pushing a hoax in upstate New York that local veterans were pushed from a homeless shelter to make room for the arrival ...That story, told by Yerik Israel Toney Foundation chief executive Sharon Toney-Finch, was picked up May 12 by The New York Post and quickly followed by Fox News, Newsmax and other conservative ....