New York City officials are moving ahead with a plan to open a sprawling tent shelter to house 1,000 migrant men at a parking lot on the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in Queens, officials confirmed Wednesday.
At a press conference at City Hall, Zach Iscol, the commissioner of New York City Emergency Management, said they hoped to be able to open the new shelter by early August. The plan was first reported by THE CITY in mid-July, but city officials had declined to confirm details about the plan until the Wednesday meeting.
Another proposal to erect a second 1,000-person tent structure at Aqueduct Racetrack has been nixed due to fire safety concerns and the fact that the state needs the parking lot back by early September for race season, Iscol confirmed.
New York state owns the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center and is expected to reimburse the city for the cost of the building and running the new shelter, according to Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom.
The plan to build a large-scale migrant shelter on the campus of Creedmoor has been met by pushback from local elected officials who have voiced concerns about the site being so far away from public transit.
Immigrant and homeless rights activists have repeatedly decried the city’s use of sprawling, barracks-style facilities to house migrants. The city opened and closed similar tent shelters on Orchard Beach and Randalls Island in the fall, when a surge of asylum-seekers first started arriving in New York City.
“Queens will always open its arms to any and all people wishing to seek refuge and build a better life here,” said Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, who is calling for the city to set up a community advisory board to address neighborhood concerns with residents of the shelter as they arise.
“The success of this effort hinges upon an efficient, constant channel of communication between the state, city and borough, as well as a community-informed decision making process around ensuring the needs of our asylum-seekers are met and the concerns of area residents are heard,” he added.
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I'm happy for the Queens Dem0rAt Voters !
As Winston Churchill said, "The good part about democracy is that the voters get what they vote for. And they get it good and hard!"
https://nypost.com/2023/07/27/nyc-mayor-adams-challenges-critic-of-migrant-crisis-policies-you-have-an-accent/
“Why are you treating illegal aliens better than you are treating Americans? Why are you destroying the city with illegal aliens,” Marie Lynch, a Honduran nativeLync asked Mayor Swaggerman with no plan.
“You have an accent.” “Oh, man,” Adams said.
“Don’t `oh man me,'” Lynch said.
“Why are you destroying our city and providing for illegal aliens when our veterans and the mentally ill are on the street around the corner from here?”
“You know what?” Adams responded.
Lynch retorted: “Yes, I have an accent. I’ll tell you why. I work here and never asked for a dime from anybody.”
The mayor responded that ‘they [migrants] don’t want to ask for a dime, either.”
“Yes, they do,” Lynch shot back.
“You’re giving them free medical care, free housing.”
I don't think there are drugs in existence powerful enough to dull that pain that Queens/NYC has coming it's way ! Thanks to the Sheeple for voting in these horrible Democrats...
NPC_doofus and NRA Ned and some QAnon creeps got new neighbors?
Finally a good use for a parking lot!
Quid pro Eric !
Yes, let's spend millions of taxpayer dollars on criminals who flaunted our immigration laws with contempt. Who have no employable skills, don't speak the language, drop a million additional mouths to feed, bring diseases into our midst, and are completely unvetted. I doubt those in charge would admit just anyone who knocked on their door into their own house--why should they greenlight letting these totally unknown entities into our midst? Who DEMAND, not ask, for FREE food, housing, education, medical care, legal help and giant flat screen TVs while we're at it. At the same time, let's ignore our homeless veterans who risked their lives for their country and the NYC municipal retirees, who Adams is trying to deprive of the traditional Medicare and covered Medigap health insurance promised them in the city code. He's trying to force them, after decades of service to the city, into the privatized, highly commercial Aetna Medicare Advantage plan, which denies many medically necessary claims and which many doctors don't accept. Riddle me that, Batman.
Maybe Adams shouild not have invited these "migrants" to the Sanctuary City he bragged about while rolling out the red carpet to them.
Adam's voted for Biden and all the Democrats in NYC voted for Biden. They knew he wanted wide-open borders just like Soros. These Libturds hypocrites have no right to complain because they voted for it.
The Sheeple are getting some of their own medicine. Democrat communist they don't care about the Working Man they don't care about you they don't care about New York City all they care about is what's in their pocket and Power.
This isn’t fair to all those QAnon creeps who’ve been living there for years. Maybe JFK Junior is being stashed there too?
I feel bad for the migrants too. Having to be next to NPC_doofus and listen to his drone day in, day out.
Sad
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Voltaire
Well you voted for it. Creedmoor is an empty building anyway so they just put them in there. Nobody goes to the mental institution anymore. They are all out on the streets harassing innocent people
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