The floating jail barge in the Bronx is the latest location being considered by city officials as a housing option for the influx of migrants in the Big Apple.
The floating jail barge in the Bronx is the latest location being considered by city officials as a housing option for the influx of migrants in the Big Apple, The Post has learned.– an 800-bed city jail on a barge — to determine whether the facility could be used as a “possible” temporary shelter for migrants, a source revealed.
The city has desperately searched for additional locations to shelter its growing migrant population.
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