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The city also plans to close Randall’s Island’s massive migrant encampment in February after dramatically cutting back the number of migrants sheltered there.
The George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery opened in September 2017 on Wards Island. [275] Randall's Island Park received $950,000 in 2021 [276] and another $22 million in 2022 for upgrades to Randalls and Wards Island's pathways. [277] A short-lived migrant shelter opened at Randalls Island in 2022 [278] and was replaced by a larger shelter in ...
The city has promised to close down the controversial Randall’s Island migrant shelter, that has been a source of contention in the community, by the end of February.
The curfew proposed by NYC Mayor Adams is set to go into effect Wednesday night at the migrant shelter on Randall's Island.
In an effort to free up more space, the city has set a 30-day limit on shelter stays for single adult migrants like those on Randall’s Island. People can reapply after their time is up, ...
New York Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan Monday to house as many as 2,000 migrants on an island in the East River where a migrant center was set up last year and then taken down weeks later. The ...
Wards Island is located to the east of Manhattan, at the confluence of the East River, the Harlem River, and the Bronx Kill. [7] Now joined by land fill to Randalls Island and Sunken Meadow Island, Wards Island was originally nearly 240 acres (97 ha) in total land area. [7] In the 1840s, it was considered remote from the City of New York.
Mayor Adams announced Monday that his administration is opening a new migrant shelter on Randalls Island with capacity for 2,000 adults — one of the largest emergency housing facilities the city ...