“This is a place people can come, rest, relax and kick their feet up after the journey they have been on,” Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol told reporters.
Inside the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center on Randall's Island as a group of city officials take a tour of the facility on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022.Migrants arriving from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal will stay here for the time being.Matthew McDermott for NY Poststruggling with a shortageSome aspects of the set-up seem designed to encourage long-term occupancy, including the rotating menu of grub cooked on-site in a fully equipped commercial kitchen.
Adams skipped Tuesday’s news conference, with City Hall later saying he did so because he’d toured the facility on Monday night.
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