The local leader’s visit occurs after some of the migrants said they would rather be on the sidewalk, in the cold and snow, than in a Brooklyn shelter, because they are uninhabitable
New York Mayor Eric Adams slept the night of Friday, February 3, in a new migrant shelter so they know it’s a “trustworthy” place. It is a new facility located in the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.
There, the US authority shared with the migrants and said that this facility is just as secure as any other humanitarian aid center in the city and that they provide the same services, but that is not the opinion shared by the majority of foreigners who visit it. They have used.
«I spent the coldest night of the year at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal with our homeless hero Shams DaBaron and Eddie Gibbs. Our brothers are sheltered and the team that works here is giving a new meaning to the words ‘love your neighbor’”, wrote the mayor from the official Twitter account of the New York government.
For him, his action shows that the facility is warm and welcoming to everyone.
“What we saw is what we have seen since the beginning of this crisis, individuals who are grateful to the greatest city in the world for giving them the opportunity to work towards the American Dream,” Adams said.
His visit comes after some of the migrants said they would rather be on the sidewalk, in the cold and snow, than in a Brooklyn shelter. Even some of the migrants and activists affirmed that the conditions of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal made it an uninhabitable space, saying that it is cold and that there are not enough bathrooms, that it is isolated and that they do not like the congregational atmosphere.
“I spent the coldest night of the year at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal with our homeless hero Shams DaBaron and @AMEddieGibbs.
Our brothers are bundled up and the team that works here is giving new meaning to the words ‘love your neighbor.’” – @NYCMajor pic.twitter.com/DsXMhUFzQc
— New York City (@nycgob) February 4, 2023
Last Wednesday, February 1, the police of that city evicted a camp of migrants, the majority Venezuelans, who protested for three days sleeping on the sidewalk of a hotel that served as a refuge and from which they were taken with a police order to be relocated. in other.
There were no longer any suitcases, blankets, clothes, chairs or the table with hot coffee and snacks provided by support groups. Instead, there are barricades and several police officers guarding the place on 57th Street, between 9th and 10th avenues in lower Manhattan, not far from the famous Carnegie Hall, according to information obtained by the EFE news agency.
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