Officials say there are no cells at the former Lincoln Correctional Facility, which closed in 2019.
"We're grateful to the state for providing this site and partnering with the city to open this space as a temporary site for asylum seekers as New York City continues to face this humanitarian crisis," a city spokesperson told CNN.For the last nine months, they've offered shelter to 75 asylum seekers of all faiths.
"As a Muslim, it's an obligation upon us to house migrants and people who are travelers," said Soniya Ali, Muslim Community Center. "I can definitely understand when they talk about their families and their children that they have left behind, or their wives, or whoever it is that they've left behind. I do understand that because I have family members who are back home, not here, and you do feel that sense of longing.
A local government official says New York City will soon announce a program to open up to 50 "Faith-Based Stabilization Shelters." The city plans to open 10 shelters on July 1 and then open 10 additional shelters each month until November, with an option to extend the contract to open more shelters, the official said.Transforming houses of worship into shelters comes as New York continues to look at other venues for shelter space for its nearly 45,000 homeless migrants.
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