


A state lawmaker on Friday slammed security at a Staten Island migrant hotel shelter as “non-existent,” after cops allegedly discovered a pound of crystal meth inside one of the asylum seeker’s rooms.
The drugs were found stashed in a black bag at the Ramada Inn on North Gannon Avenue late Wednesday night by a hotel employee, police sources told The Post.
“This specific incident is a prime example of the dangers of having policies in place that allow unvetted individuals to enter our nation through an unsecured border and be housed in our neighborhoods at the taxpayers’ expense,” Republican Assemblyman Michael Tannousis raged in a statement.
The Ramada Inn was turned into a 35-unit migrant shelter back in May as city officials grappled with the relentless influx of asylum seekers pouring into the Big Apple — much to the ire of residents and local pols.
In the wake of the drug find, Tannousis, who reps both Staten Island and Brooklyn, demanded that city officials shut down any of the nearly 200 migrant shelters that have been set up in the middle of residential areas across the five boroughs.
“The security precautions taken at these migrant shelters are either close to non-existent or are being carried out by unqualified individuals,” the GOP lawmaker said.
“Although the federal government needs to secure our border to prevent unvetted people from entering our nation, the City of New York needs to take the necessary steps to ensure the safety of our residents.
“To ensure proper safety, these migrant shelters should be removed from residential neighborhoods, period,” he added.
City Hall didn’t immediately respond to The Post on Friday about the lax security claims and drug find.
No arrests have been made over the pile of meth, but cops are still probing how and why the drugs ended up at the emergency shelter, sources said.
An asylum seeker had resided in the room where the drugs were discovered, but no one was there when the worker came across the bag, the sources added.

The hotel-turned-shelter was a ghost town when The Post visited Friday — with barely anyone coming and going and zero cars in the parking lot.
An NYPD cruiser pulled up out front several times throughout the afternoon.
Those inside the shelter, who appeared to be staff and not migrants, refused to come to the door, instead yelling: “We’re closed.”
Robert Renaud, 60, who lives beside the hotel shelter, said he only ever sees migrants emerging early in the morning dressed in construction gear.
“Sometimes the place looks like it’s closed down, it’s so quiet,” Renaud told The Post. “You never see any migrants congregating outside. They don’t smoke outside or hang out.”
“The other night someone was banging on a van in the parking lot and before you knew it there were 8 National Guard outside making sure nothing happened,” he added.
Additional reporting by Larry Celona and Nolan Hicks