Parents and students rallied in front of P.S. 17 to protest the school's gym being turned into a temporary shelter for migrants.
, but officials said they are out of options and room to house asylum seekers in the city's shelter system.
According to parents, they were given no advance notice of how many migrants were coming and who they are. Not only that, but the school's recently renovated gym is now off-limits again, and the kids will effectively be under a lockdown during recess. "It doesn’t have to be in the public schools," said Tonya Trossi, an M.S. 577 parent. "They can put them somewhere else."NYC hotels converted to shelters amid pressure to accommodate asylum seekers
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