The asylum-seeker crisis continues in New York City—more than 45,000 people have arrived since last year.
The Wingate by Wyndham Hotel in Long Island City, Queens, will be the city’s seventh Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center . The center will provide 144 rooms for families with children. Other HERRCs include the Row NYC, Stewart Hotel, and Watson Hotel.
“Whenever we talk about moving people around, there’s going to be a natural response,” said Abdullah Younus, New York Immigration Coalition senior director of advocacy. “I think anytime a leader finds themselves pointing to one group of people as the reason for the ills of another group of people, and when those groups actually are just people being squeezed by oppressive forces related to austerity, we’re talking about poor people and immigrants that are arriving here,” said Younus. “I think it should probably be considered. There are better ways to talk about what we are navigating right now, and pitting groups against one another is never a good idea.
“New York City is caring for more asylum seekers than any other city in the United States,” said Adams in a statement. “As the number of asylum seekers who have moved through our intake process in the last 10 months has now surpassed the total number of people who were in the city’s shelter system when I took office, it’s clear that New York City is in dire need of more support from our federal partners.
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