To accommodate the ever-arriving newcomers, New York City now limits stays in public shelters by “asylum seekers” and other illegal migrants to 30 days. Those evicted from the shelters can reapply, but that’s not as easy as it used to be.
As of last week, the recently evicted can no longer apply for readmittance at just any of the city’s migrant facilities. Now that can be done only at one place — the former St. Brigid School on East 7th Street.
Apparently unforeseen by NYC authorities, that consolidation of facilities down to a single one on the Lower East Side has created yet another migrant-related problem: huge numbers are queuing up for hours to try to get back into a shelter.
Some of the applicants told The New York Post they had been waiting for days without any luck in securing a new bed. A resident said, “I’ve seen lines outside this place many times, but this is much more than a line. This is a humanitarian crisis.” He added, “This is Third World.” Asked the reason why there was now only one place to reapply, Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isolm replied, “We are doing the best that we can.”
Sadly, they are both right.
For more, see the NY Post.