With her 11-month-old daughter, Marizol goes out to sell fruit in the busy South Conduit, near JFK airport. “The same and it’s work. I think, it’s not right, but I have to work anyway to get ahead,” Marizol said. Mother of five children, Marizol crossed the border from Guatemala to New York City five months … Read more
The New York Mayor’s Office has rescued the project to build a mega-immigrant housing center on Randall’s Island, an island located between Harlem, the southern Bronx and northern Queens, Mayor Eric Adams announced today. The center, for which dates have not been announced, will accommodate adult men, will have a capacity of a thousand beds … Read more
Julio Cesar Alvado, from Nicaragua, is one of the hundred migrants housed in hotels in the city who were transferred to this recreation center in Sunset Park, in Brooklyn. “It’s something different, but one always has to be thankful because just having the fact that they give us food and shelter in this place is … Read more
The mayor’s office has confirmed that a new group of adult asylum seekers are being placed at the Sunset Park Recreation Center in Brooklyn. This was originally disclosed by Councilwoman Alexa Aviles, who noted that she was notified by the mayor’s office that the City’s Emergency Management department was accommodating 100 asylum seekers at Sunset … Read more
Images of dozens of people outside the Roosevelt Hotel have caused concern in the community, not least among elected officials. The mayor’s office says that 2,300 new immigrants arrived in the city last week alone and that so far 1,300 immigrants have been helped to present their asylum application. The mayor visited the Roosevelt Hotel … Read more
For days now, recently arrived immigrants have waited day and night outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown hoping to be assigned a bed in the city’s shelter system. And for weeks now, Mayor Eric Adams has said that there is no room anywhere and he is trying to prevent the arrival of more immigrants. The … Read more
With a broken voice and unable to contain his tears, the Ecuadorian Rafael Mancero only brought with him the memory of his children and his family. He spent a 6-month journey to get to the US, arrived in NY on Saturday and had to sleep on the sidewalk of the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. – … Read more
Cleyber Andrade, a Venezuelan asylum seeker, tells us that it is very uncomfortable to be inside the shelter at Lincoln Correctional Facility in Harlem during this heat wave, especially at night. This is because this building does not have air conditioning or a good ventilation system. “We need more ventilation because despite the fact that … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams unveiled the new policy that will apply to asylum seekers who continue to arrive in the city. Shelter stays for single adult applicants will now be limited to 60 days. After that time they will have to find alternative housing, or reapply for shelter at the city arrival center just as new … Read more
The city of New York announced this Wednesday that it will give adult immigrants who have been in shelters for a long time a period of 60 days to find alternative housing in order to have space for families with children who have continued to arrive non-stop since last year. past, Mayor Eric Adams reported. … Read more