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NYC plans to close the vast family shelter at Floyd Bennett Field on federal property in southern Brooklyn by Jan 15th.
One could see this move as a anti-Trump ploy or an opportunity for Trump.
THE CITY reported in November that local Republicans pledged to push incoming president Trump to end the city’s lease on the property, while advocates rang alarm bells that residents there could prove uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
They also worried the site could be repurposed as a detention center.
One could see this move as a anti-Trump ploy or an opportunity for Trump.
NYC Will Empty Floyd Bennett Field Migrant Shelter Before Trump Inauguration
The Brooklyn facility is on a list of 25 the Adams adminstration says it closed in recent weeks or plans to close before the end of March, as the number of migrants in shelters continues to decline.
www.thecity.nyc
THE CITY reported in November that local Republicans pledged to push incoming president Trump to end the city’s lease on the property, while advocates rang alarm bells that residents there could prove uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
They also worried the site could be repurposed as a detention center.