New York City's first migrant relief center opens today on Randall's Island. ZinniaDee_TV has a look inside:
The shelter will house some of the asylum seekers being sent here.
Organizers say the new relief center will not only provide housing, but also be a place to connect migrants with legal services and medical care. "You can also see that these structures are pretty robust. These structures themselves can withstand 90 mile-per-hour winds," said Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol.
"We are expanding to put more transitional bilingual programs at schools that are seeing an influx of new students, and we're quickly more funding to allow schools to staff up," said Chancellor David Banks.
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