Two new relief and humanitarian response centers have been opened by the city this week, they are in Queens and Brooklyn. In the first county, the Mayor’s Office aims to serve more than 330 families with children from a former hotel. Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, they hope to serve about 1,400 men alone in another building. … Read more
It was with joy and enthusiasm that a group of asylum seekers received a free bicycle this Wednesday in Brooklyn. Anderson Villacres, who arrived from Ecuador almost two months ago, was one of the first to receive one. For this immigrant, the eldest of five siblings and the only one in his family who is … Read more
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 … Read more
A Venezuelan father who has been in New York City for a month with his 7-year-old daughter Jancarla, his wife and another small child, crossed the Darien jungle for months to reach the United States. And like the more than 70,000 immigrants who have arrived in the city, they were placed in a temporary shelter. … Read more
´Displaced and Disconnected´ is the name of the recent survey on the experience of asylum seekers in our city. In the survey, led by the non-profit organizations ‘Se hace Camino Nueva York’ and Hester Street, some 800 migrants were interviewed, the majority from Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. And the answers worry these entities. Natalia Aristizábal, … Read more
Mayor Adams this morning announced a plan to partner with 50 places of worship to house around 1,000 migrants. Participating sites will offer food, showers and legal assistance to single adult men. Currently, more than 46,000 asylum seekers are in the care of the City. The mayor once again asked the federal government to intervene … Read more
Teresa Racua Canales has been staying at this hotel since September of last year when she sought asylum when she arrived from Peru with her two children. “A little nervous because I hope that one day they will tell me: ‘Look, Teresa, we are going to help you this far and then I will have … Read more
Benjamín Almonte is one of several workers in charge of the maintenance and transformation of a building that was formerly the Lincoln Correctional Facility in the state of NY, where prisoners who were about to complete their sentence in state prisons were transferred before being released. Now it will be the temporary home for newly … Read more
With the continued arrival of asylum seekers in our city, Mayor Adams has asked a court to stay the city’s right to housing law. The mayor assures that the current situation is unsustainable for the municipality. On Wednesday, asylum seekers continued to arrive at the Roosevelt Hotel. As hundreds of migrants pour into the city … Read more
For months, regardless of the cold, the rain or the wind, thousands of migrants like Nismerio Paz have spent the night in the street in front of the Federal building where all asylum seekers have to go, either to register with an official from ICE or appear before an immigration judge. “For fear of not … Read more