Tag: migrant crisis

NYC to close mega Randall’s Island migrant shelter as new arrivals decline

Lines of cots at the migrant tent city set up on Randall's Island

Oct. 9, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller New York City will close by late February the controversial migrant shelter it built on Randall’s Island to handle the overwhelming flow of newcomers over the past two years, City Hall announced on Wednesday. The city has already started deconstructing the 3,000 bed shelter for adult migrants, according…

NYC can start to ‘exhale’ amid ‘huge’ dip in newly arriving migrants: Mayor Adams

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Aug. 13, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams reported Tuesday that there has been a “huge” decrease in the number of migrants showing up in New York City every week — allowing him to begin breathing a sigh of relief over a crisis that once seemed to define his administration. Adams, during his…

Venezuelan migrant at new Long Island City shelter here to work for better life, as enraged locals fear for vitality of neighborhood

Yohandri Arevalo, pictured second from the right, with his family outside the Collective Paper Factory, a hotel in Long Ialsn City that was recently converted into a shelter (Photo by Michael Dorgan)

Aug. 16, 2023 By Michael Dorgan An economic migrant who recently moved into an upscale Long Island City hotel-turned-shelter says he wants to work hard to give his family a better life while local residents and business owners, who are empathetic to his plight, say the opening of the new facility marks a massive backward… Read more »

Tensions flare at dueling rallies over Creedmoor migrant tent shelter in Queens Village

Aug. 9, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Tensions flared during dueling rallies held outside of a tent shelter at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village on Tuesday, Aug. 8, as the angry protesters who expressed their opposition to the city’s plan to house migrants at the site outnumbered a small group of pro-migrant supporters.  Standing…
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