NYC to set up large tents, prepare cots to house mass influx of migrants

The New York Post ^ | 9/22/2022 | Nolan Hicks

[T.B. Yoits]

The Big Apple will begin setting up large tents to house intake centers and cots for the flood of migrants arriving daily as the months-long influx from the southern border has overwhelmed city shelters, Mayor Adams announced Thursday.

City Hall laid out the plan as officials revealed that more than 2,000 additional migrants — predominantly asylum seekers fleeing Venezuela — had streamed into the five boroughs over just the last week.

That brings the total number to an estimated 13,600, the bulk of which — 10,300 — are staying in city shelters.

“More than 100 years ago, Ellis Island opened its doors to welcome in those ‘yearning to breathe free,’ ” said Hizzoner in an accompanying statement. “Now, more than ever, it’s clear that we are again dealing with a humanitarian crisis created by human hands.”

He added, “While other leaders have abdicated their moral duty to support arriving asylum seekers, New York City refuses to do so.”

The first of the emergency shelter facilities will consist of five tents set up in a parking lot at Orchard Beach in The Bronx.

It will have enough beds to house up to 1,000 adults, who officials say will stay there for one to four days as they do initial assessments of their health and welfare before placing them into the city’s shelter system.

The temporary buildings would be weatherized and able to withstand the cold and snow that can come with a New York winter, officials said. And they will include a dining facility and medical space.

Adams’ administration declined Thursday to provide a price tag or an opening date for the new facility, but said it would be up and running within weeks.

[TonyM]

Going to started getting cold in a couple months. Cold like the people have probably not experienced. Wonder how many will die of pneumonia. Guess the will blame it on Trump as usual. Texas, Arizona, and Florida should send them all there. Even if its a thousand buses a day. Set up a fund and I bet they will get plenty enough to fund it.

[chuckee]

I would love to see a sea of white tents in Central Park as a constant reminder of the folly of virtue signaling

[eyeamok]

Since they also support criminals and hate the police, shouldn’t Florida and Texas furlough every Illegal Alien criminal in their jails and prisons and send them to New York??

[T.B. Yoits]

Since they also support criminals and hate the police, shouldn’t Florida and Texas furlough every Illegal Alien criminal in their jails and prisons and send them to New York?

Call it "reform" like New York, California, Illinois, and a few other states do, and cut them loose. Threaten them with high fines so they flee the jurisdiction on their own.