New York braces for 'summer surge' of migrants to add to 175,000 who are ... trends now
New York City appears to be bracing for a 'summer surge' of migrants as some asylum seekers have reportedly been abruptly transferred from their shelters.
The Department of Homeless Services handed out notices to migrant families staying at shelters in Brooklyn on Tuesday, warning them they had 24 to 48 hours to relocate.
Win, the Big Apple's largest provider of family shelter, said they started receiving a list from the city of clients who will be transferred into hotels for migrants nearly two weeks ago.
Christine Quinn, Win's president and CEO, told Documented NY the city said it's planning for a 'summer surge in arrivals' and 'needed to create vacancies in certain shelters.'
'I don't see this stopping. I think they'll [the city] come back to us with other people,' Quinn said.
The Department of Homeless Services reportedly handed out notices to migrant families staying at shelters in Brooklyn on Tuesday, warning them they had 24 to 48 hours to relocate
Christine Quinn, the president and CEO of New York City's largest shelter provider, said the city said its planning for a 'summer surge in arrivals' and 'needed to create vacancies'
Deicy Lara, who is from Colombia and had been staying at one of the shelters with her children for almost two years, told the local news outlet she was one of the people given notices
'They called me and told me that today at 4 p.m. I would have to have all my things outside because I would have transferred to a hotel,' she said.
Win has a strong stance against shelter evictions but operates shelters under the Department of Homeless Services.
'Shelter evictions only destabilize families -
