Chaos erupted late Sunday night outside of a Midtown hotel when the city attempted to transfer migrants to Brooklyn, and the huddled masses refused to go.
The Watson Hotel locked its doors, refusing to allow asylum seekers back into the premises, on Jan. 29. The former residents pounded on the lodge’s door and pressed their faces against the glass, yelling “Open!” as security guards and staff watched on from the inside.
The scene unfolded after the city attempted to transfer single men from the Watson Hotel to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal as more new arrivals continue to settle in the Big Apple. Concerned about the conditions at their new destination, many immigrants put their foot down and refused to board the buses bound for an uncertain Brooklyn, leading to a standoff.
This set off a chain reaction that saw cops flocking around the bus, pushing back those frantically waving for them not to board. Disarray and confusion permeated the scene while bodies pushed against one another in an out-of-control spectacle. “This weekend, we began the process of moving single adult men from the Watson Hotel to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, as we transition the hotel to meet the large number of asylum seeking families with children. More than 42,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City since last spring and we continue to surpass our moral obligations as we provide asylum seekers with shelter, food, health care, education, and a host of other services,” Levy said.
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