“This building is s–t. The plumbing, the pipes exploded,” one man said during the temporary evacuation.
Hundreds of migrants who had just moved into a converted former Manhattan prison were temporarily evacuated on Saturday after the plumbing there “exploded”, officials and witnesses said.in Harlem, which had just opened its doors to migrants on Thursday, according to a city hall spokesperson.“This building is sh-t. The plumbing, the pipes exploded,” he said outside of the facility.
“The facility was always accessible and while we worked to get it fully back online we offered all asylum seekers staying at this facility a place to wait or an alternate location to move for tonight.” Uzun said that on his crowded floor there are as many as 15 men to a room. He said the housing has become overcrowded “because everyone is coming.”The eight-story Lincoln Correctional Facility on West 110th Street in ManhattanMigrant M. Reyes, of Managua, Nicaragua, said they announced the pipes burst at about 11 a.m.
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