The 97th Street Dorms on 3rd Ave., which used to house Hunter College students, is one of six Manhattan migrant shelters closing in the next two months as part of Eric Adams announced plan to close 25 city-wide. The shut down includes the two argest shelters on Randall’s Island and Floyd Benett Field in Brooklyn. ( Photo: Google Maps ) East Side Migrant Centers on Randall's Is. and E. 97th St. among 6 in Manhattan to Close The tents on Randall’s Island and a former converted college dorm on E. 97th St. will be among the emergency shelters on... News 12 Dec 2024 | 10:58
The Merit Hotel, on W. 46th St., is one of six migrant shelters in Manhattan and 25 citywide that will close in the next two months including six in Manhattan. ( Photo: Merit Hotel ) 2 Migrant Centers in Chelsea/Hell’s Kitchen to Close; Adams Plan to Shutter 25 Citywide Six migrant shelters in Manhattan, including two in the Chelsea/Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods, will be closing in the coming... 11 Dec 2024 | 03:14
Mayor Eric Adams at an in-person media availability on Dec. 3rd where he told reporters he wants to work with the Trump Administration to deport migrants who commit crimes. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) Adams Plans to Meet with Trump’s “Border Czar” on Dec. 12 Mayor Adams said he plans to meet with Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)... News 05 Dec 2024 | 04:18
Police released the photos of two more suspects wanted in conncetion with assualt on two police officers in Times Square on Jan. 27. Only one of the suspects was detained after his arrest and at least four who were freed on their own recognizance are believed to have fled the state for California. Photo: NYPD Crimestoppers Two More Suspects Sought in Times Sq Attack on 2 NYPD Officers Police released photos of two more suspects who are being sought as part of a mob of up to 14 men who assaulted two NYPD... News 10 Feb 2024 | 08:48
Fort Hamilton, which had troops housed in temporary shelter in World Wars I and II, is the last operational Department of Defense fort in the five boroughs, housing an Army Reserve unit and a NY National Guard Army unit. Photo: Brian Berger Gimme Shelter: Why Not Here? If there’s one thing nearly all New Yorkers can agree upon, it’s that the city and federal government have not handled the... Voices 27 Dec 2023 | 09:03
320 W. 31st St, which still bears a sign attesting to its previous use by Touro College, has been shut down as a migrant shelter for single men after the FDNY issued a vacate order. ( Photo by Jack Ahern ) FDNY Issues Vacate Notice for Migrant Shelter, 130 Men Put Out On Street An October 23 vacate order was issued for 320 W. 31st St. due to fire safety violations, reportedly resulting in 130 asylum-seekers... Home 30 Oct 2023 | 11:31
Ilze Thielmann, head of Team TLC, was forced to abandon the group’s Little Shop of Kindness which helped migrant families with clothing and goods, after it was flooded on Sept. 29. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Little Shop That Helped Migrants Is Flooded, Seeks New Home The record setting downpour that flooded the city on Sept. 29 forced a boutique shop that was offering free gently used clothes,... News 18 Oct 2023 | 05:29
Asylum-seekers camping outside the Roosevelt Hotel this summer. ( Photo by Beau Matic ) Hochul Backs Adams In Calling For Alterations to Historic “Right-To-Shelter” Law New York City’s shelter system has housed thousands of asylum-seekers this year, yet Mayor Eric Adams has recently sought... News 18 Oct 2023 | 11:49
A facility for arriving migrants being built on Randall’s Island is intended to house up to 2,000 people. Prominent local nonprofit Randall’s Island Park Alliance proclaims that while they are “empathetic to the humanitarian crisis,” they’re mostly livid about cancelled soccer permits on four soccer fields. ( Photo by Beau Matic ) Randall’s Island Migrant Housing Targeted by Soccer Parents, Local Nonprofit As New York State Supreme Court judge Ericka Edwards affirmed that New York State has a duty to provide shelter to newcomers,... News 25 Aug 2023 | 12:09
Trees were among the surprising things that delighted a Jamaican immigrant when she first arrived in NYC more than 20 years ago. Photo: Michael Oreskes Coming to America: Lessons Learned When New to New York I was born and raised in Jamaica. No, not Jamaica, Queens. Jamaica, the third largest of the Caribbean islands and the largest... News 23 Aug 2023 | 01:51
Migrant families began arriving on May 19 at The Roosevelt Hotel on E. 45th St. Photo: Keith J. Kelly ( Photo by Keith J. Kelly ) Asylum-Seeking Migrants Begin Arriving At Roosevelt Hotel The Roosevelt Hotel–in collaboration with the Port Authority and NYC Health + Hospitals–began accepting the first fifteen... News 19 May 2023 | 01:33
Bus dropping off migrants on Friday, May 5th at the former NYPD Academy on E. 20th St. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Immigrants Begin Arriving at Former NYPD Academy in Gramercy Park Immigrants began getting dropped off at temporary housing being set up in the first floor gym of the former NYPD Academy... News 08 May 2023 | 11:10
Give me...your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. But debate has raged on who should pay to shelther the huddled masses. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Point and Counterpoint: Who Should Pay for the Estimated 50,000 Asylum Seekers Who Have Flooded into NYC? Mayor Adams claims that New York City is being “destroyed” by the federal government’s failure to contain the country’s migrant... News 29 Apr 2023 | 11:24
Give me... your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free. But debate rages on who should pay to shelter the huddled masses. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Point and Counterpoint: Who Should Pay for the Estimated 50,000 Asylum seekers who have flooded into NYC? We always have done what Emma Lazarus asked us to do for the world’s “tired and poor yearning to breathe free.” The first... News 28 Apr 2023 | 08:02
At a recent gathering of New York Justice for Our Neighbors, TJ Mills, the NY-JFON managing attorney (blue sweater) and Rev. Paul Fleck, NY-JFON’s executive director (back right) join in dispensing legal advice to immigrants using a translator (far left) Photo: Stephan Russo NY Justice for Our Neighbors Seeks to Aid Asylum Seekers Walk into the St. Paul and St. Andrew (SPSA) church on West 86th Street on a Monday morning and the atmosphere is electric.... News 24 Feb 2023 | 12:12
