STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After week-long protests and a lawsuit attempt to shut down the former St. John Villa migrant shelter, several Staten Island elected officials have requested the city institute a curfew at the Arrochar site, which opened yesterday.
On Friday, a judge temporarily blocked the housing of migrants at the former St. John Villa Academy, but it was overturned a few hours later after an appeal by the city. The Appellate Court removed a vacate order, which allowed 25 migrants — females and adult families — already moved into the shelter to stay, according to City Hall.
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