New York City Officials Again Float Idea of Tent Cities at Central Park To Cope With Influx of Migrants

‘Everyone needs to speak loud and clear that New Yorkers will not tolerate their city being used as one giant homeless shelter for Central America,’ one New York City council member says.

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Pedestrians pass migrants waiting in a queue outside of the Roosevelt Hotel, which is being used by New York City as temporary housing. AP/John Minchillo

With images of asylum seekers sleeping on the sidewalks of Midtown Manhattan flooding social media, Mayor Adams is reportedly reviving a plan that would see refugees housed in tents at some of New York City’s most iconic green spaces, such as Central Park and Prospect Park at Brooklyn.

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