Workers unloaded supplies from trucks to retrofit the park’s popular Play Center — which houses a basketball court and gym in hipster-friendly Williamsburg — and brought in “cots, military style,” …
Asked about concerns neighbors may have about the facility Friday, Adams only said, “Everybody should have concerns.”
The asylum seekers will be housed in the south wing of the McCarren Play Center, which currently features open multi-purpose rooms and has hosted fitness, dance classes, a city staffer on-site said.The area has toilets but no showers, which will need to be brought in to the center, the staffer said, adding migrants will enter via a dedicated door beside the skate park.Gregory P. Mango
“As we have emphasized repeatedly, with nearly 100,000 asylum seekers that have come through our intake system since spring 2022 — and hundreds more continuing to arrive in our city, asking for shelter on a daily basis — New York City has been left alone to deal with a national crisis that demands difficult and swift decision-making,” Adams said Thursday night.
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