Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly considering hosting illegal immigrants in tents in Central Park because the city is so overrun with them.
Could a tent community cause problems in the biggest public park in the city?
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New York’s NBC News reports:
Central Park is one of the NYC neighborhoods under consideration for migrant housing.
In anticipation of finding a place to sleep, several hundred asylum seekers are currently congregated outside the city’s arrival intake center. Unfortunately, a lot of them have had to wait a few days because of the restricted availability.
In front of the iconic Roosevelt Hotel on East 45th Street and Madison Avenue, a large number of migrants, mostly single men, have been living on the streets of midtown. Their place in the waiting line does not change despite the efforts of New York City officials to look into every housing alternative for these recent immigrants.
Jose Gregorio continues to be stuck in time, standing where News 4 had seen him just two days earlier.
“I was here almost 24 hours ago, and the line hasn’t grown up. It’s the same amount of people for the past 24 hours, so it seems like they’re keeping these people for whatever reason,” he said.
Officials from City Hall have indicated that immigrants may soon be able to live in other cherished areas of the city, such the renowned Central Park.
“Everything is on the table,” NYC Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom said Wednesday. “As of July 30, we have 107,900 people in our care, including 56,600 asylum seekers. Over 95,600 people have come through our system since last spring.”
This screams “bad idea” in every way.
Before any improvement can be anticipated, the existing situation will dramatically worsen.
