The migrant shelter on Randall’s Island will close next year after a drop in the number of asylum seekers entering New York City, according to City Hall sources.

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New York City to close migrant shelter on Randall's Island in early 2025, Adams says

The city has promised to close down the controversial Randall’s Island migrant shelter, that has been a source of contention in the community, by the end of February.

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The troubled Randall&#039;s Island migrant shelter will close at the end of February.

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Randall's Island migrant shelter will close in 2025, mayor says

The Randalls Island migrant shelter is closing this winter as the number of asylum seekers in the city’s shelter system has decreased, Mayor Adams announced Wednesday. The shelter will close at the end of February and the land returned to use as athletic fields and parkland. Already, one of the biggest tents, which held more than 750 cots, has been taken down, according to a release from the mayor’s office. “We’re not out of the woods yet,” Adam…

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday announced the city is closing the migrant shelter on Randall's Island early next year.

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NEW YORK (PIX11) – The migrant shelter on Randall’s Island will close next year after a drop in the number of asylum seekers entering New York City, according to City Hall sources. The shelter, which houses around 3,000 migrants, will shutter in February, sources told PIX11 News.  The city has already removed the shelter’s largest […]

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A tent shelter on city parkland — Randall’s Island — got the official word Wednesday that it will be closing down in four months.  “We are going to be able to close that site by the end of February,” said Anne William’s-Isom, New York City’s deputy mayor who oversees the humanitarian response.  She cited 14 consecutive weeks of declining arrivals...

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NYC to close one of its largest migrant shelters on Randall's Island

Oct. 9, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller New York City will close by late February the controversial migrant shelter it built on Randall’s Island to handle the overwhelming flow of newcomers over the past two years, City Hall announced on Wednesday. The city has already started deconstructing the 3,000 bed shelter for adult migrants, according to City Hall, having already deconstructed the largest tent that housed 750 people. The Randall’s Island shel…

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New York|Migrant Shelter on Randall’s Island Will Close in February, Adams Sayshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/nyregion/randalls-island-nyc-migrant-shelter-closing.htmlThe shelter complex, which was built atop recreational fields, will be gradually emptied and the fields restored for public use, the mayor’s office said.The giant tent complex on Randall’s Island was at one point the city’s largest migrant shelter, housing more than 3,000 adult…

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Randall's Island Migrant Shelter Will Close in February, Adams Says

Mayor Adams said the move was prompted by a steady decline in the number of migrants coming to New York City.

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Randall's Island tent shelter for migrants will close at the end of February

Want more reporting from THE CITY? Sign up for Scoop, our free weekday newsletter, to have our latest news delivered right to your inbox. The city is moving to close the 3,000-migrant tent shelter on Randall’s Island by the end of February, officials announced Wednesday.Mayor Eric Adams said in a press release that the planned closure showed the city is turning “the corner on this crisis” thanks to his administration’s “smart management strategi…

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