City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino confirmed that 300 asylum seekers, including women and families, will be bused to the Migrant Respite Center at St. Agnes Academic High School in College Point during a press conference held on Thursday, July 27.
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After learning that the city has selected the shuttered St. Agnes Academic High School in College Point as a temporary migrant respite center, City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino confirmed that 300 asylum seekers, including women and families, will be bused to the facility during a press conference held on Thursday, July 27.
Originally, according to Paladino, the city had planned to house 300 migrant men at the school, located at 13-20 124th St. However, following negotiations with the mayor’s office, Paladino provided an update saying that 100 women and 200 adult migrant families instead will be arriving at the facility on Friday, July 28, into the weekend.
“This is the best case scenario that we’ve got,” Paladino said to her constituents, who were displeased to hear about the facility at the press conference outside of St. Agnes High School. “I don’t want it in College Point either, but we are all in a very desperate situation. Creedmoor is getting 1,000 beds — a tent city. So, I’ll take a respite center where they can stay for a week, or a month, and go.”
Footage from tonight’s press conference at St Agnes in College Point — and I will reiterate, we are doing our absolute best with this crisis but the border MUST BE CLOSED.
Our communities are suffering and we simply cannot afford any of this.
My office will continue to provide… https://t.co/cqt9zcD7jF
— Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) July 28, 2023
St. Agnes will be a migrant respite center which is different from a Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center (HERRC). A Respite Center is a temporary shelter for asylum seekers to stay until they are placed in a HERRC. These types of…
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