Metropolis Corridor is opening a brand new mega shelter in Midtown that may maintain some 600 migrants from the southern border — even because the move of buses has slowed to a trickle, metropolis officers mentioned Tuesday.
The brand new facility on the Stewart Resort on Seventh Avenue will probably be run by town’s Well being and Hospitals Company and Workplace of Emergency Administration.
It should substitute the 300-room shelter and migrant welcome middle that's already within the constructing and being operated by the Division of Homeless Companies. It’s slated to open someday between Dec. 5 and Dec. 11, in response to an inner e-mail obtained by the put up
Present residents will probably be given a selection to stay on the resort or transfer to a brand new shelter run by DHS.
This new facility would be the fourth mega-shelter opened inside a resort to deal with the current arrivals from the southern border, lots of whom are in search of refugee standing after fleeing the violence and chaos in Venezuela.
The opposite three emergency websites — referred to as HERRCs — are positioned at The Row NYC Resort, The Watson Resort and The Wolcott Resort.
Particulars concerning the anticipated price of the operation weren't instantly obtainable.
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