NYC Planning to Convert Soccer Fields on Randall’s Island Park Into Shelter for 2,000 Illegal Immigrants
New Yorkers are about to lose more park space to illegal border crossers. Last week it was reported that the city is considering housing illegal immigrants in Central Park.
Residents in Brooklyn are fuming because the city just opened a shelter in a popular neighborhood park.
Now the public park on Randall’s Island is going to lose its soccer fields as the city plans another shelter to house up to 2,000 people.
Gothamist reports:
NYC to open new emergency shelter for migrants on Randall’s Island
New York City will open a shelter for migrants on Randall’s Island — some nine months after officials closed a similar center that housed asylum seekers in the East River park,
