Asylum seekers will start moving in to the tent shelters on Randall's Island on Wednesday. The city had to move these tents from Orchard Beach to Randall's Island due to flooding concerns.
The city had to move these tents from Orchard Beach to Randall's Island due to flooding concerns a few weeks ago. Local lawmakers tried to raise the alarm before the tents were set up but were ignored until a half inch of rain swamped the camp before it even opened. move the tent shelters from Orchard BeachTent city is now complete, set up on 6.4 acres on Randall's Island. These shelters are expected to house at first 500 single adult men.
"If you're a single adult man, you're going to come here to this facility starting tomorrow," Dr. Ted Long, a senior vice president at NYC Health + Hospitals, said to kick off a tour of the shelters. first walk in after intake, they will see a recreational room set up with rows of couches, TVs, Xbox consoles, and board games. There will also be a phone bank so migrants can connect with family in order to find permanent housing.
A cafeteria will provide migrants with three meals a day. Snacks, coffee, and tea will be available 24/7. In the next tent, asylum seekers will be staying in a refugee camp-style set-up. This tent has 449 beds, but there is a second tent next door also filled with the same number of cots if the city needs to expand.
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