New York City is once again looking to house asylum seekers on Randall's Island after running out of room at hotels and homeless shelters. elijahwestbrook has reaction from residents.
"It may not be safe. I mean, how are they going to get into the city? They will have to walk across a bridge. It's not really conducive for them to be back-and-forth," Queens Village resident Kim Bembry said. a deal struck with the state to reimburse the city
for some of the costs of building, maintaining and staffing the new facility. Federal funds are desperately needed. "This will get much worse if the federal government does not intervene today," Manuel Castro, commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, said. The loss of soccer fields will be felt by students from public and private grade schools.
"On the weekends, it will be pretty competitive to get a field just the field space. So that'll be interesting. But, I mean, support it that's fine," Morris Park resident Elvis Prempeh said. Additional busloads with 500 migrants are heading here from Texas and are expected to arrive Monday night, according to city leaders.
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