The next migrant relief center will open at the Wingate by Wyndham hotel in Long Island City, Queens, providing 144 rooms to families with children.
that will house nearly 500 adult families and single women at a Holiday Inn in the Financial District. The city is also utilizing 85 hotels across the five boroughs as emergency shelters for migrants.
According to City Hall, at least 45,000 migrants have arrived in the city since last spring, which the mayor said has been the main driver behind record-high homelessness at city shelters. In a press release on Tuesday, Adams once again pleaded with the federal government for help with the city's ongoing migrant crisis.
“As the number of asylum-seekers who have moved through our intake process in the last 10 months has now surpassed the total number of people who were in the city’s shelter system when I took office, it’s clear that New York City is in dire need of more support from our federal partners,” Adams said.
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