NYC closes migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field

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.
Feds plan overhaul at NYC's Floyd Bennett Field after migrant shelter moves out
Sections of the federally owned airfield's runways were leased to New York City to be used as a shelter site for up to 500 migrant families in September 2023 after Adams criticized President Joe Biden for not doing enough to help manage the flow of migrants into the five boroughs.
Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field Migrant Shelter to Close by Mid-January Amid Policy Shifts
NYC's Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter is set to close as city migration issues ease, paving the way for a $5 million sports facility renovation.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams shuts down infamous migrant tent city at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn
Mayor Eric Adams closed the final chapter on the infamous, mass migrant encampment in Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field on Saturday
Migrant Families Begin Leaving Floyd Bennett Field in Confusion and Relief
All residents of the Brooklyn tent shelter complex are slated to depart by January 15. Some have been reassigned in recent days, with others still eager to leave the tent encampment.
NYC to close 13 more migrant shelters by June 2025
The new closures include Hall Street in Brooklyn, one of the city's largest facilities which houses 3,500 migrants.
NYC to close massive Brooklyn migrant shelter as arrivals decline, 9 other sites scheduled to shut
New York City will close a massive Brooklyn migrant shelter as the population of new arrivals in the city’s care continues to drop, City Hall announced on Friday. The 3,500-bed Hall Street shelter in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood,
NYC to close 10 more migrant shelters — including violence-ridden Brooklyn facility
New York City is shutting down 10 more migrant shelters — including a violence-ridden Brooklyn facility — as the number of asylum seekers arriving in the Big Apple drops to an 18-month low, Mayor Eric Adams said Friday.
NYC to open massive migrant shelter in the Bronx, close controversial Hall Street shelter
The city opening a massive new migrant shelter in the Bronx, the Daily News has learned — a sign that city is still wrestling with the tens of thousands of migrants in the city’s care
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NYC to shutter two dozen migrant shelters, including Floyd Bennett Field, Stratford Arms Hotel
Migrant families at the Floyd Bennett Field shelter, in southern Brooklyn, will be moved out by Jan. 15, though the site won’t be totally wound down until March, according to city government ...
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City to close 13 more migrant shelters, including massive Clinton Hill site
The 2,000-person migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field and the problem-plagued relief center on Randall’s Island are among ...
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Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter among 25 set to close as Adams touts drop in migrant influx
The controversial Floyd Bennett Field Migrant Shelter, located at a former airfield, is one of 25 such shelters that Mayor Eric Adams announced would be closing in two months' time Tuesday ...