New York City authorities are working quickly to open two new tented shelters for asylum seekers arriving in the city.
The construction of these shelters received city approval this week, The City site said, according to a source in Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.
One of them will be located at the state-owned Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, and the other at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Each shelter is expected to house around 1,000 adults, and authorities would aim to open the tent structures in the next two to three weeks.
While Aqueduct Racetrack is located near the A train line, Creedmoor is a 15-minute drive from the last stop on the F line.
These facilities will resemble structures the city quickly opened and closed last fall at Orchard Beach in the Bronx and then at Randall’s Island.
The flow of immigrants in New York grows
City authorities are still working to identify additional locations to open migrant shelters in the coming weeks.
While border crossings into the United States have decreased in recent weeks, New York City continues to see a steady stream of arriving migrants.
Between July 3 and 7, the most recent data available, 3,100 new asylum seekers entered the city’s shelters, bringing the number of migrants housed there to 53,000.
In total, according to city authorities, 103,400 people were sleeping in city shelters as of July 9.
To accommodate the flow of migrants seeking refuge in New York City, authorities have opened emergency shelters in 186 hotels and commercial buildings across the city, at an estimated cost of $4.3 billion by the end of next year.
2023-07-16 20:01:18
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