The McCarren Park migrant shelter has it all.
According to a report from The New York Post, one migrant reportedly raved about the conditions at the Brooklyn shelter, saying “There’s nothing they stop us from doing.”
“They treat us very well,” said Miguel Mujica, a 39-year-old dad of two from Venezuela.
From The New York Post:
Mujica has been staying at the McCarren Play Center in trendy Williamsburg since Saturday, a day after the city set up 100 military cots for asylum-seekers there to help take pressure off city shelters that are bursting at the seams.
While his wife, 5-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son live out of a family migrant hotel in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where he said he was kicked out of for an undisclosed reason, the asylum-seeker has been enjoying taxpayer-funded amenities such as specially prepared Venezuelan cuisine and free WiFi and international calls at the center.
Oh, and the park’s massive pool next door.
“I brought my wife and children to the pool on Sunday, and there was no problem,” said Mujica, one of 56 migrants currently staying at the airy makeshift shelter, all of them men from Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Dominican Republic, according to a worker.
“We all swam between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.,” Mujica said, adding, “It’s a very nice pool.”
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“There’s no curfew at the shelter,” Mujica noted — while ticking off the culinary delights it offers.
“They give us good hot food, which is freshly made; the food is very good,” he said.
“It’s mostly Venezuelan food. Pasta and rice with chicken, beef or goat,” Mujica said. “Lunch is mostly chicken and rice. Yesterday, I had a chicken cutlet. You can get water and juice whenever you want, no limit.”
NYC Mayor Eric Adams continues to find places for migrants to stay; Adams recently confirmed that some soccer fields on Randall’s Island would be converted to migrant shelters, as well.
Migrant raves about McCarren Park shelter — including hot food, snacks and pool: ‘There’s nothing they stop us from doing’ https://t.co/WbFr5H7qhw pic.twitter.com/C4TqbNxGik
— New York Post (@nypost) August 8, 2023