A new help center for immigrants will be opened in the city, as announced by Mayor Eric Adams.
With this, 12 humanitarian emergency aid and response centers will be opened in order to serve the thousands of asylum seekers who continue to arrive weekly.
This center is located at 1760 3rd Avenue in Manhattan near 98th Street.
In the surroundings there is already a large movement of people making preparations for the future shelter.
We took a tour of the place and spoke with those who work in the area.
Quirino Méndez, who has his food stall nearby, says that newcomers should be given a chance.
“Well, we have to help people, we all deserve an opportunity,” Mendez said.
And from his experience in New York, he also sends them this advice:
“Well you have to work hard, here this is the country of opportunities and you have to take advantage of it.”
There are said to be more than 50,000 asylum seekers currently under the city’s care and more than 81,200 who have applied for care since last spring.
As stated with this twelfth humanitarian aid and response center, they will provide more than 500 families with a place to stay and access support and reach their final destination.
Orlando Yepes, who works next to the new shelter, tells us that he is also an immigrant and tells us what his formula has been to be able to adapt in this city.
Yepes.
“Do not engage in bad things, always walk uprightly in your work in the streets, not hurting anyone, that’s good,” Yepes said.
And it is that since the beginning of the massive arrival of immigrants the city has taken quick and urgent measures by opening about 175 shelters including 11 large-scale humanitarian aid centers.
María Rivera lives in the neighborhood and welcomes them.
Rivera.
“It’s good, they are good people who, like us, need to progress, go up and move forward,” said Rivera.
According to the authorities, “this new center demonstrates the commitment of the city to fulfill its obligations in a compassionate manner and with dignity for each person who arrives.”
Local authorities urge the Federal government for assistance in the face of the constant flow of immigrants since the needs of the city are already great.
2023-06-28 18:25:00
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