This weekend marks one year since the first bus of asylum seekers arrived in New York from Texas. People gathered in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon to protest a recreation center in Sunset Park being used for asylum seekers. LisaRoznerTV reports.
-- the Sunset Park Recreation Center. To the left of the line for people to go swimming is the entrance for asylum seekers.
"Half of it is going to be used for this. This is a neighborhood which has a lot of needs in terms of recreation for this," Assemblyman William Colton said. "How become a shelter? I'm an immigrant. I'm not against an immigrant," Sunset Park resident Joy Zhang said."I'm a mom. The basketball court and more of the park is closed. Where do we go? We go on the street? And the seniors. They tell me they pay for membership."Some asylum seekers outside Roosevelt Hotel sent to stay at church; others allowed inside temporarily
The city says there are cots for up to 100 men to sleep in the gym. CBS New York was told at least 60 slept there on Saturday night. "The concerns around the center is the heat and the way they're being housed speaks to housing insecurity," Assemblywoman Marcela Mitaynes said.
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