Mayor Eric Adams announced that New York City is planning to open a second relief center in a Midtown hotel to temporarily house migrant families with children arriving from Texas and other southern states.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.New York City is planning to open a second relief center in a Midtown hotel to temporarily house migrant families with children arriving from Texas and other southern states, Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday.
The city plans to use the Row NYC hotel in Times Square as an intake center and temporary shelter for 200 families, Adams said in a press release. The hotel could expand the capacity to accommodate more families as they continue to be bused to New York City by the governors of southern states who are trying to pressure President Joe Biden to tighten security at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“This is not an everyday homelessness crisis, but a humanitarian crisis that requires a different approach, and these humanitarian emergency response centers will take on a multitude of looks with the similarities that they will all help triage and provide immediate support to arriving asylum seekers,” Adams said in a news release. “We will continue to respond with care and compassion as we deal with this humanitarian crisis made by human hands.
As of this weekend, there were an estimated 18,600 asylum seekers in New York City, according to City Hall. The so-called Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center will provide new arrivals with food, medical care, and case management services, the mayor said. For those who have friends and family in the U.S., the city will help them reconnect with their loved ones. And, if they don’t want to be in New York, the city will help get them where they want to go.Spokespeople for the mayor did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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