Sources tell CBS2 asylum seekers are now being housed in a gym at P.S. 188 in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Those sources also say the city is now preparing to house asylum seekers at a school in Sunset Park and a school in Crown Heights.
The city says the P.S. 188 location is being used on a short-term basis and will not impact school operations. Sources say only adult men and women -- no children -- have arrived there."It is unfortunate that the P.S. 188 gym would be taken from the Coney Island community and would be utilized as housing for migrants due to a failed open-border/no questions asked policies of the Biden administration," City Councilman Ari Kagan said in a statement.
We understand that Mayor Adams is dealing with a humanitarian crisis, and is in an untenable and difficult situation, however our schools are not shelters to house unvetted adults from all over the world. Our parents don't want strangers in our schools. They don't know who they are, they don't know their intentions, and they don't know what they're capable of. Our schools are dangerous enough, with all the weapons being brought in and incidents occurring around the schools.
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