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In New York City — Friday, Mayor Eric Adams announced the closure of thirteen emergency migrant shelters and the opening of a single new facility in the Bronx by the month of June.
According to Adams, a total of 10,000 beds would be removed from shelters across the five boroughs by the summer, including the huge and contentious Hall Street facility in Brooklyn.
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In a prior announcement, the mayor had stated that 25 shelter locations, including Randall’s Island and Floyd Bennet Field, will be closed by March 2025. According to Adams, 20% of the crisis shelters that were opened will have closed by June.
According to Adams, New York City has cut back on spending on the asylum seeker situation and the number of refugees entering the city has decreased.
Regardless, the city will relocate the adult males currently residing on Randall’s Island to a new facility on Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx. There are 2,200 single guys who will be housed at the new location.
“The extra closures we are announcing today, shows that we are still making progress and that our humanitarian efforts to care for everyone in our system are successful,” Adams stated.
Some supporters, however, argue that those who have been sleeping in shelters will not be able to move on to more permanent homes as a result of the closures.
We understand that the city is taking action to close Hall Street and other major congregate locations, but we were hoping they would do more to help individuals find permanent, safer homes. New York Immigration Coalition President Murad Awawdeh said that Adams is intent on playing a protracted game of shelter whack-a-mole.
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Migrants claim that they were abruptly instructed to leave a shelter on Jefferson Street in Brooklyn last week, leading to chaos and anger among the residents. However, the mayor’s administration claimed that prior notification had been provided.
Along with three additional shelters that have not been announced yet, the following will close by June 2025:
- Walk of Kings, Brooklyn Humanitarian Response and Relief Center on Hall Street, Brooklyn
- New York City’s Holiday Inn Express
- 99-cent VYBE BK in Brooklyn Washington, DC, Manhattan Humanitarian Response & Relief Center
- New York City’s Stewart Center for Humanitarian Response and Relief
- The Manhattan-based Watson Humanitarian Response & Relief Center
- Nedia Hotel in Queens
- The Ramada in Yonkers and the Holiday Inn and Staten Island Inn on Staten Island