The Big Apple’s shelter system has hit the “limit” and officials are now being forced to house arrivals from the southern border in gyms.
The city’s shelter system has hit its “limit,” forcing officials to house migrants from the southern border in gyms, including the old Police Academy near Gramercy Park, City Hall said Friday.seeking asylum and fleeing political and economic chaos in South America — a crush now amplified by the looming May 11 end to Title 42 restrictions.
Nearly 61,000 people have arrived so far and more than 37,000 of them are living in city-operated or city-funded shelter facilities.The number of emergency shelters has jumped by 10 in the last week alone, city statistics show.NYPD’s old Police Academy on East 20th StreetOfficials with the Office of Emergency Management were spotted Thursday setting up rows of green cots inside the first-floor gym of the Gramercy Park facility to prepare for an influx of up to 500 migrants.
Officials have turned to the gyms amid a return of buses carrying migrants from the southern board to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, including one that arrived at the Midtown transit hub around 9 p.m. Thursday.
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