The line of migrants waiting for days outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown is finally gone, but the ongoing crisis to find shelter for the influx of asylum seekers remains.
Mayor Eric Adam's Chief of Staff Camille Joseph Varlack said the city was able to move about 130 migrants from in front of the hotel Wednesday night to a church in Long Island City, Queens.
"We've talked about a faith-based bed program," Varlack said. "We were able to connect with a church that had availability so we could move approximately 130 asylum seekers into that location."It is the first time since Saturday that asylum seekers were not sleeping outside the hotel, which serves as a migrant welcome center.
"As we have emphasized repeatedly, with nearly 100,000 asylum seekers that have come through our intake system since spring 2022 and hundreds more continuing to arrive in our city asking for shelter on a daily basis, New York City has been left alone to deal with a national crisis that demands difficult and swift decision-making," a spokesperson for Mayor Adams said.
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