NYC to open 2,200-bed migrant shelter for men despite boasting about recent closures, declining arrivals
Candace Hathaway
January 15, 2025
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced on Friday that the city will close more than two dozen migrant shelters while also revealing plans to open a massive new facility in the Bronx to house single adult males.
In December, Adams' administration said it would shut down several shelters, including facilities at Floyd Bennett Field and Randall's Island. Both locations housed massive tent cities that locals argued turned the areas into a hotbed for criminal activity.
'It's going to get more violent.'
Adams credited the closures to a declining number of new arrivals.
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New York City stated Friday that it planned to close several more locations but would "open a smaller brick-and-mortar congregate facility on Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx dedicated to single adult male residents transferred from the tent-based emergency site at Randall's Island."
Since the Adams administration's announcement, more details about the new shelter have been revealed.
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