(The Center Square) – A New York congresswoman is leading a push to block New York City’s plans to house migrants at a Staten Island senior housing complex, saying the move would violate the law.

The Adams administration is considering a plan to relocate about 50 asylum seekers to St. John’s Episcopal Church.

The city continues to grapple with an influx of tens of thousands of migrants, amid a historic surge of immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The shelter would be adjacent to Canterbury House Senior Residence, an 85-unit senior housing complex.

In a letter to Rev. Hank Tuell of St. John’s Episcopal Church, U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., ripped the proposed plan as a “slap in the face” to senior residents and the community and vowed to file a legal challenge to block the relocations.