NEW YORK — New York City will open two additional humanitarian assistance and emergency response centers for immigrant asylum-seekers as the Brooklyn cruise terminal reopens ahead of cruise season.
The two new centers, located in 220 West 42nd Street in Manhattan and 455 Jefferson Street in Brooklyn, they will serve single adult men arriving from the Brooklyn cruise terminal, as well as other newly arrived adult men, space permitting.
Asylum seekers at the Brooklyn cruise terminal will receive bus transportation to the new sites in late March. With the estimated number of asylum seekers arriving in the city since last spring exceeding 51,000, these sites will together serve approximately 1,200 asylum seekers in a fully covered assembly setting and offer the same services that adult men have received. in other humanitarian aid centres. , including reconnections.
As planned, the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will close as a relief center at the end of March 2023 and resume normal operations ahead of the cruise season this spring.
“With more than 51,000 asylum seekers arriving here since last spring and more than 31,000 asylum seekers currently in our care, New York City continues to call for a national strategy to manage this humanitarian crisis,” said Mayor Adams. “We continue to do more than any other city in the country, but as the number of asylum seekers continues to rise, we urgently need the support of our state and federal governments. With the Brooklyn cruise terminal resuming normal operations as always planned, these two new emergency response and humanitarian assistance centers will provide approximately 1,200 single male asylum seekers with a place to stay, support and a destination. final.
Since the onset of this humanitarian crisis, the city has taken swift and urgent action, managing the arrival of increasing numbers of buses in New York City with virtually no coordination from originating states. It has already opened 96 emergency shelters and several other large-scale humanitarian services. The city also recently released “The Way Forward: A Blueprint for Responding to New York City’s Response to the Asylum Seeker Crisisdetailing how the city will continue to manage the influx of asylum seekers and advocate for support from federal and state partners.