City leaders expect to welcome 100 migrants to the grounds on day one.
Levy said while protestors are allowed to voice their opinions, they aren’t allowed to come on the property. He pointed to the security guards stationed on the premises 24 hours a day, and seven days per week.
“For those who are criticizing, we are out of good options. We are out of OK options. These are the only options left,” Levy said. “It’s a question of ‘Do you want people sleeping on the street, or do you want people sleeping on a cot?’” In a massive tent at the Creedmoor site Tuesday, dozens of rows of head-to-toe brown cots lined the floor, and thermostats on the walls were set between 70 and 75 degrees. In a separate tent intended as a cafeteria, rows of plastic tables and chairs were set up facing a food buffet station with warming trays, refrigerators and packages of water bottles and Goldfish crackers.
Along the perimeter were several trailers with bathrooms. Some hyper-temporary congregate shelters across the city have contained just a few toilets for hundreds of residents, and one site went withoutA Q43 bus stop is located on a nearby sidewalk feet away from the shelter entrance, but there isn’t much other public transportation near the site.
Separately, the city’s Empire State Development agency is leading a plan to redevelop the Creedmoor campus, and some residents are
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