Randalls Island Archives

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Officials attributed the closures to a steady decline in the number of people in the shelter system over the last several months—though nearly 55,000 migrants and asylum seekers remain, the…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Comunidades de habla hispana Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth Labor

En las carpas para inmigrantes de la ciudad, enfermedades y envejecimiento plantean desafíos

“Parece un coro de tos en esa carpa”, dijo Luis Zambrano, de 62 años, quien contrajo neumonía este invierno mientras se alojaba en el complejo de carpas del refugio en…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth

In City’s Tent Shelter for Immigrants, Illness and Aging Pose Challenges

“It looks like a coughing choir in that tent,” said Luis Zambrano, 62, who came down with pneumonia this winter while staying at the shelter complex on Randall’s Island, where…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Comunidades de habla hispana Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor News

Afuera de las carpas de Randall’s Island, inmigrantes cocinan para vender o donar

En las últimas semanas, los residentes y voluntarios del albergue han afirmado que se ha intensificado la prohibición de cocinar y vender afuera de las carpas. En una operación llevada…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Nov 2023

Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor News

Outside Randall’s Island Tent Shelters, Immigrants Cook to Sell or Share

Over the last several weeks, shelter residents and volunteers said they’ve seen increased enforcement around cooking and vending at the site, including an operation on Oct. 17 in which the…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Comunidades de habla hispana Immigration News

Adultos inmigrantes son trasladados de hoteles a albergues en carpas para liberar espacio

City Limits habló con varios de los inmigrantes que fueron trasladados desde el Holiday Inn del centro de Manhattan al nuevo refugio en Randall’s Island, un grupo que incluía a…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

Immigrant Adults Shuffled from Hotels to Tent Shelters, As City Seeks to Free Up Space

City Limits spoke with several of the immigrants being transferred from the Holiday Inn Manhattan downtown to the new, large congregate shelter on Randall’s Island, a group that included a…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

First Look at NYC’s 1,000-Cot Barracks for Asylum Seekers

Length of stay at the cavernous barracks on Randall’s Island will depend on the availability of other housing options, and the efforts of New York City officials who have pledged…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Amid Flood Concerns, Mayor Says NYC Will Move Asylum Seeker Tents to Randall’s Island

The choice of Randall’s Island for the asylum-seeker tents recalls the historic role of the island—along with adjoining Wards Island—as a drop-off point for New York City’s most marginalized groups.

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Dec 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice

‘He’s the Glue’—Friends Honor Slain Soccer Star Who Helped Build a Team of Homeless New Yorkers

Akeem Loney was most at home on a patch of turf in Allerton. Outside the neighborhood, the 32-year-old—who was stabbed to death while sleeping on the subway last month—helped grow…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

City to Close Dozens of Sites Housing Migrants, Citing Dip in Shelter Population

En las carpas para inmigrantes de la ciudad, enfermedades y envejecimiento plantean desafíos

In City’s Tent Shelter for Immigrants, Illness and Aging Pose Challenges

Afuera de las carpas de Randall’s Island, inmigrantes cocinan para vender o donar

Outside Randall’s Island Tent Shelters, Immigrants Cook to Sell or Share

Adultos inmigrantes son trasladados de hoteles a albergues en carpas para liberar espacio

Immigrant Adults Shuffled from Hotels to Tent Shelters, As City Seeks to Free Up Space

First Look at NYC’s 1,000-Cot Barracks for Asylum Seekers

Amid Flood Concerns, Mayor Says NYC Will Move Asylum Seeker Tents to Randall’s Island

‘He’s the Glue’—Friends Honor Slain Soccer Star Who Helped Build a Team of Homeless New Yorkers

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