Mayor Eric Adams announced a week ago plans to set up a one thousand-bed facility in Brooklyn for the migrants. This weekend, they began moving men there - but not without controversy.
Desperation and fear spilled out onto West 57th Street outside the hotel as the migrants housed at the location were getting on yet another bus.
Pedro Duran, originally from Venezuela, arrived in New York in mid-October. He was already bussed to Brooklyn but said it was so cold, he came back to the Watson. According to Mayor Adams' spokesperson, the plans are to 'transition the hotel to meet the large number of asylum-seeking families with children.'
Volunteer advocates argue the city should put these migrants in some of the most expensive pieces of real estate in the world. That begs the question of who would pay for those billion-dollar apartments.
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