Mayor Eric Adams says the city is looking at 20 school gyms to house migrants as the continued daily arrivals threaten to overwhelm the city’s already struggling social service systems.
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Adams said no determinations have been made about the gyms and the potential move comes amid other extraordinary measures city and state leaders are taking to manage the flow of migrants. The already burgeoning crisis could be exacerbated by the expiration last week of Title 42, a pandemic-era federal measure that allowed the government to turn away asylum seekers at the border to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Efforts by Adams to send migrants to Orange and Rockland counties have been met with hostility and lawsuits by local leaders there. Parents at schools in Coney Island and Sunset Park have been protesting the potential use of the gyms to house migrants. Monique Brown, also a parent with kids at P.S. 188, said she doesn’t feel the same concern, especially since the school year is nearing its end.
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