NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum\u002Dseekers, Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday,…
The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will have room, food, medical care and other services for 1,000 single men until it reverts to the cruise business in springtime, the mayor’s office said in a release. Its first occupants will move from another relief center at a hotel, which will switch to accommodating asylum-seeking families with children.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The city’s previous moves to create shelters for the newcomers have gotten a mixed reception and usage. A plan to erect a hangar-sized tent in a beach parking lot was scrapped amid concerns about storm flooding. The city then built a complex of giant tents on an island that houses a park and sports facilities; the tent facility closed three weeks later after light usage as the number of arrivals slowed for a time.
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