Adams’ Apple needs more space.
According to a New York Post report, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is opening two new migrant shelters to house the influx of migrants from the southern border: one in Times Square and one in Brooklyn.
From The New York Post:
One is set to open in Times Square’s vacant Candler Tower office building, which was once home to a 24-hour McDonald’s restaurant long billed as the busiest and most profitable of its kind in the US.
But the landmark fast-food joint was shuttered during the city’s COVID-19 lockdown in June 2020 and the building’s owner, UK-based investment company EPIC, reportedly signed over the deed in March 2022 to avoid foreclosure.
The other shelter will be located in a six-story commercial building at 455 Jefferson St. in Brooklyn.
All but one of the 103 emergency shelters now being used to house migrants are located in hotels across the five boroughs.
City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) isn’t happy with Adams’ decision.
“We’re now going to house them in retail spaces, commercial spaces,” he fumed. “Where does it end and when does the taxpayer get a break here?”
More over at The New York Post:
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— New York Post (@nypost) March 14, 2023