Despite residents opposing the move, residents have opened 2,200 male-only immigrant shelters in the Bronx, and the city announces the closure of other immigrant shelters across New York City, including the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. did.
A spokesman for the mayor's office said the new facility, a 275,000-square-foot former warehouse on Saturday, began accepting immigrants.
The opening of the facility at 825 E. 141st St. and the prospect of such a massive influx of migrant men housed in the community sparked a furious scene at the Bronx Community Board meeting last month. We discussed the decision.
Furthy Bronx residents expressed their anger at a community committee meeting last month, learning that they could not stop a massive 2,200 men-only immigrant shelter from opening in their neighborhoods It has been announced. (FOX 5 NY)
New York opens huge new 2,200 bed immigration shelter for single men in the Bronx
“I have a young woman who comes to study. I've never been afraid of the South Bronx, I'm scared right now,” she said, running an art school across from the building. I said that. “I'm scared to my students. I have to move… you've made a terrible mistake.”
Democrat Vanessa Gibson, president of the Bronx Borough, also blows up the city to greenlight the project before the community could discuss it. She wanted a reused site in manufacturing facilities to create more than 2,000 jobs.
A board member of one community said residents felt their community was being treated as a “trash dump” for immigrants. Democratic lawmaker Richie Torres.
There have also been some protests outside the facility to prevent its opening up outside the facility, but they appear to be in vain. Fox News Digital contacted the mayor's office to confirm the opening of the shelter, but did not receive a response before it was released.
Many of the immigrants are transferred from the vast immigrant tent shelter on Randall's Island to the Bronx Shelter. New York Postcites city records.
The opening of the Bronx Shelter said that, as Adams' office said Monday, there are less than 45,000 immigrants now, up from a high of 69,000 in January 2024, with fewer than 45,000 immigrants now. Since the spring of 2022, more than 232,000 people arriving in New York City have been seeking urban services.
The new 275,000-square-foot immigration shelter was previously a warehouse. (Google Maps)
Mayor Eric Adams says the Roosevelt Hotel immigration shelter in NYC will close soon
Adams also announced Monday that Manhattan's large Roosevelt Hotel immigration shelter will be closing down in the coming months, saying it will “save millions of dollars to taxpayers.”
a New York Post Sources told the outlet that the closure is expected to occur by June.
The approximately 1,000-room Roosevelt Hotel has handled more than 173,000 immigrants since it opened in May 2023, and has been the focus of the city's immigration crisis over the past two years.
“Thanks to the sound policy decisions of our team, we have announced the closure of this site, and we are hoping to take the next step in their journey, as more asylum seekers imagine a brighter future. and at the same time saves millions of dollars to taxpayers. “Adams said.
Meanwhile, the Bronx facility was renovated in 2017 and is currently “to improve the quality of life in the South Bronx by strengthening business and implementing and implementing innovative economic, housing, education, education and education.” It is owned by Sobro Local Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization that states that there is, and career development programs for young people and adults.”
The nonprofit's website says it manages more than 450 affordable special needs housing units in the Bronx and Harlem.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said more than 232,000 immigrants have arrived in the city since 2022. (by Jeff Bachner/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service Getty Images)
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Diana Ayala, a Democrat who represents parts of the Bronx and parts of Manhattan, recommended the new Bruckner Boulevard site, just like the rest of the Bronx, at a community committee meeting last month, including where the shelter will open. He spoke.
She said immigrants have the right to evacuation and the city has a legal obligation to house immigrants.
“They can't keep them on the streets. They won't put them to sleep on the streets unless they want them. They have to be somewhere,” praised the Adams administration's handling of crisis. Ayala said.
Greg Norman of Fox News contributed to this report.
