A number of migrants are refusing to leave a West Side hotel after the city sent buses to transport the migrants to a new shelter in Brooklyn. ZinniaDee_TV reports.
A migrant showed Maldonado the picture he took when he left the Watson Hotel over the weekend, boarded the MTA bus sent by the city, and arrived to the shelter. Migrants say, where they were previously placed, than stay at the terminal, spending Sunday night on the sidewalk and inside tents.
Mayor Eric Adams announced plans a week ago to set up the 1,000 bed facility at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal for single men to make room for asylum-seeking families and children at the Watson Hotel, but advocates say the conditions aren't suitable. The city released a statement that read in part,"The facilities at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will provide the same services as every other humanitarian relief center in the city, and the scheduled relocations to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal this weekend took place was planned."
Adams spoke about the migrant crisis Monday morning, stating with more than 42,000 migrants arriving since last spring, both state and federal governments need to step up their funding as they continue to deal with a national crisis.
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