NYC Will Empty Floyd Bennett Field Migrant Shelter Before Trump Inauguration
The Brooklyn facility is on a list of 25 the Adams adminstration says it closed in recent weeks or plans to close before the end of March, as the number of migrants in shelters continues to decline.
by Gwynne Hogan
Dec. 10, 2024, 9:37 a.m.
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New York City will have shut down two dozen shelters in the five boroughs and beyond by the end of March, city officials announced Tuesday morning.
Those include the vast family shelter at Floyd Bennett Field on federal property in southern Brooklyn, which is expected to be moved out by Jan. 15 — five days before President-elect Trump’s inauguration. The giant tents on the site is to be dismantled in the weeks after, according to a City Hall source who was not authorized to speak to reporters.
While the city had just extended an annual lease on the property with the National Parks Service for another year in September, either party had the right to cancel it with a 90-day warning, according to the terms of the lease. City officials intended to give the required warning on Tuesday, the source said.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/10/floyd-bennett-migrant-shelter-closing/
