NYC Mayor Eric Adams Shuts Down Infamous Migrant Tent City at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn; NYC Closes Migrant Shelter at Floyd Bennett Field with More Set to Shutter by Summer 2025
NYC Mayor Eric Adams shuts down infamous migrant tent city at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn
Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday marked the final chapter of the infamous migrant tent city at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field — and apologized to New Yorkers for the massive shelter placed in their backyards.
“I just want to personally say sorry . . . because this is something that none of us wanted. The federal government did not do its job, and New Yorkers had to do it for them,” Adams told reporters in front of giant, deserted tents as they were being broken down by work crews.
“It was extremely challenging to watch,” Adams continued, calling the 2,000-bed facility on federal parkland an “inconvenience.”
The tents at Floyd Bennett Field opened their flaps to migrants starting in November 2023. The one-time federal airfield was one of scores of locations throughout the five boroughs converted into shelters to accommodate over 200,000 asylum-seekers who have flooded into the Big Apple since 2022. —>READ MORE HERE
NYC closes migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field with more set to shutter by summer 2025:
The controversial Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter in Brooklyn closed Saturday, just four months into a new year-long lease.
Mayor Eric Adams was on hand to celebrate as workers began dismantling the tent encampment. The 2,000-bed site had been in operation for more than a year.
“And I want to just personally say sorry to them because this is something that none of us wanted,” Adams said.
This is one of 25 planned closures the mayor announced in December. The Randall’s Island shelter is also on that list. The city expects to have all 25 sites shuttered by March.
The city says a “smaller brick-and-mortar congregate facility” will open on Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx for single adult men. Migrants who are still living at the Randall’s Island shelter at the time of its closure will be transferred to this new facility.
NYC plans to close 13 migrant shelters by summer 2025
On top of those 25 closures, Adams announced this week the city will shut down 13 more shelters by June. Those 13 shelters have a combined total of about 10,000 beds.
The following shelters are on the latest closure list: —>READ MORE HERE
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