Mayor Eric Adams announced that houses of worship will be taking in migrants to help ease the city's crunch.
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At full scale, the program is expected to host nearly 1,000 asylum seekers, with potential for further expansion, the city said. "One of the things I think we are obligated to do, is to care for people," said Archbishop Eugene Blount of Elim International Fellowship. "And it doesn't matter where those people are from. Humanity needs help and we're here to help.""I would rather people be in houses of worship, where they are connected to people, community, care and compassion, than being in a congregate setting that is not connected to those things," he said.
On Sunday, the mayor made an unannounced visit to the Roosevelt Hotel, during which he met with migrants and toured the facility.The city continues to struggle to find more places to house migrants long term. It's vetted more than 500 possible locations to date. It appears the city's eighth respite location will be at an unused hangar at JFK, Governor Kathy Hochul said the city is waiting for the green light by the FAA.
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