Adams administration eyes more than 3,000 NYC sites to house migrants

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Adams administration eyes more than 3,000 NYC sites to house migrants — but won’t say if Central Park is included

By Bernadette Hogan, Jack Morphet and Isabel Keane
August 2, 2023

Mayor Adams’ administration is looking at over 3,000 sites to place asylum seekers — and would not say whether the possible locations include Central Park — in the wake of the mayor’s comments that the migrant crisis is “coming to a neighborhood near you.”

There are nearly 108,000 people at 194 shelters across the Big Apple — pushing city officials to get creative when looking for places to erect new migrant housing.

Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom skirted around whether migrant tents would be set up in Central Park, telling reporters on Wednesday that while there is a “constantly refreshing” list of possible sites, the situation is “at a breaking point.”

“Over 3,000 sites have been reviewed throughout the city to place people,” she said, without giving specifics on what sites they were looking at.

While officials have issued 800 “60-day notices,” to adult migrants — no migrants have reached the 60-day cap and been forced to reapply for shelter placement.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/adams-administration-eyes-more-than-3000-nyc-sites-to-house-migrants-but-wont-say-if-central-park-is-included/