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Inside NYC’s migrant tent city: 3 meals, fluff-and-fold laundry, TV and even Xbox
nypost ^ | 10/19/2022 | Jack Morphet, Nolan Hicks and Bruce Golding

Posted on 10/19/2022 5:00:44 PM PDT by bitt

The city unveiled Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial tent city on Tuesday — detailing how migrants staying there will be given three meals a day, fluff-and-fold laundry service and an array of entertainment including TV and video games.

“This is a place people can come, rest, relax and kick their feet up after the journey they have been on,” Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol told reporters at the facility on Randall’s Island.

An initial wave of 500 single men is slated to start moving in on Wednesday after arriving from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.

But while Iscol called it “a short-term solution for people to figure out what their next destination will be,” officials acknowledged that no one would get kicked out for staying beyond a goal of just four days.

“Our focus is to get you where you want to go and not put a numerical limit in terms of number of hours to restrict anything,” Dr. Ted Long, a senior vice president at NYC Health + Hospitals, said in response to a question from The Post.

Adams has said previously said that no deadline would be imposed in part because the city is struggling with a shortage of shelter space due to the ongoing flood of migrants, which reached 20,500 arrivals on Sunday.

Some aspects of the set-up seem designed to encourage long-term occupancy, including the rotating menu of grub cooked on-site in a fully equipped commercial kitchen.

“Those meals are all culturally appropriate. It is South American fare,” Iscol said.

“The folks have already been providing food, which is great. Crews, including myself, have been eating it for the past couple of weeks.”

In addition, snacks will be provided and coffee, tea and water will be available around the clock.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: freeloaders; migrant; nyc; randallsisland; taxpayershurtmost; tentcity; welcometoamerika
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To: cuz1961

My point is NOT against them at all. It is to show another type of worker who migrated-——not the current entitlement hog trough slurpers in NYC.

No offense intended in any way to genuine displaced Okies bck then.


21 posted on 10/19/2022 5:58:58 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: bitt

And— their own bed?


22 posted on 10/19/2022 6:06:21 PM PDT by Exit148
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To: bitt

Do they have to get vaxxed?


23 posted on 10/19/2022 6:08:01 PM PDT by DocRock
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To: bitt

This is INSANE!! I am speechless.


24 posted on 10/19/2022 6:09:46 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Irish Eyes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et06bIuQNck

watch this!


25 posted on 10/19/2022 6:12:01 PM PDT by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'width=50%>)
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To: bitt

My first question is, why does Randall’s Island have 75 ball fields?


26 posted on 10/19/2022 6:36:08 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Dogbert41

Was just talking about this, today.
Take a vacation to the beach, get a tan, learn some Spanish lingo.
401ks have taken a big hit and, with inflation, SS won’t help much.
Worth a shot.
Probably even get a free phone!


27 posted on 10/19/2022 6:41:15 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Eagles6

Te veré allí


28 posted on 10/19/2022 6:43:10 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (4,315,032 active user on Truth Social)
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To: bitt

Start more camps like this for working age male layabouts. Run genetic tests on them. Harvest them when we can transplant their organs. Cut out the Chicom middlemen. Once word gets out, less will show up here. A win-win!


29 posted on 10/19/2022 6:44:19 PM PDT by CletusVanDamme (Well I'm all broken up about that man's rights... )
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To: higgmeister

What happens when Randalls Island gets a foot of snow in January?


30 posted on 10/19/2022 7:05:37 PM PDT by miserare ( Impeach Joe Biden!)
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To: Dogbert41
I’m thinking about flying down to Mexico and walking across the border back in, speaking no English. I can probably pass as Ukrainian. Free food, housing, and medical for the rest of my life. And probably an outrageous amount of walking around money.

A lot of homless here and more everyday. I am sure some of them have also thought of doing the same thing.j

31 posted on 10/19/2022 7:12:12 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: bitt

Totally sickening


32 posted on 10/19/2022 7:18:21 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: frank ballenger
Chicken-fried steak, barbecue pork, fried okra, squash, blackeyed peas, cornbread, biscuits, sausage gravy, grits, corn, strawberries and pecan pie.

Ironic. I moved from Kalifornistan to Oklahoma, and the above diet is still preferred. In fact, their three basic food groups are salt, sugar and fat.

Needless to say, I don't eat out much.

33 posted on 10/19/2022 7:44:36 PM PDT by LouAvul (Complacency is the enemy of courage.)
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To: LouAvul

History article said “and the new residents of California forever influenced and changed the state.”


34 posted on 10/19/2022 7:50:08 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: SamAdams76

😉👌


35 posted on 10/20/2022 8:39:00 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: bitt

36 posted on 10/20/2022 8:44:21 AM PDT by CodeJockey ("The duty of a true Patriot is to protect his country from its government.” –Thomas Paine)
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To: miserare
Well, speaking of that, when I was a Boy Scout in the Virginia mountains we had "Eskimo Weekend" Camporees where we had a foot of snow around our pup tents.   We wanted to be there.
37 posted on 10/20/2022 10:17:02 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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