Blue City opens a 2,200 bed migrant shelter despite the indignation of the locals

A new migrant shelter for 2,200 men opened in New York City, and Bronx residents quickly expressed their outrage at the controversial new homes.

Located in the south of Bronx, near the East River, the opening of the new refuge occurs after the city announced the huge migrant shelter of Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel and he Tents refuge on Randall Island.

However, city officials have now said the New York Post That migrants stay previously in the refuge of Randall’s Island will be transported to the new Bronx Center.

A meeting of the Community Board on the new shelter descended to chaos when the opening residents were notified without their approval.

The Vicemandado of the Administration Camille Joseph Varlack informed the residents at the Refugio meeting, who received an audible groan of the locals.

A resident shouted city officials for lodging migrants in hotels when New Yorkers were still fighting in homeless shelters. Then he implored them passionately to think about women and children in the area.

‘I have young women who come to study. I’ve never been afraid of the South Bronx, now I’m terrified ‘, Judy Kudlow, an art teacher in the area, he said Fox News.

‘I am terrified by me, by my students. I will have to move … You have made a terrible mistake, “he addressed to city officials.

The new migrants for men opened in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx

The enraged premises expressed their frustration when city officials registered them with a massive migrant shelter

The shelter is seven floors and is large enough to provide beds for more than 2,000 men.

Audrey Dejesus, another Bronx resident who attended the meeting, told Fox’s local affiliate, WNYW-TVthat the community was becoming a ‘discharge’.

“I understand that people need a place to be, and it is cooling and everything in the future, but we feel it is a landfill,” said Dejesus.

‘We carry the prison just to the other side of the street, and now we will have 2,200 beds for homeless men. No. Think of women and families first.

Even Varlack admitted that communication ‘could have been better’ between city officials and Bronx residents.

The president of Democrat’s County Bronx, Vanessa Gibson, said she was surprised by the city’s plans, launching a statement in opposition to the new refuge.

“Bronx continues to assume an inequitable part of the city’s challenges, with little consideration for the needs of our residents, families, companies and organizations,” he said.

“Bronx has always been a cozy community, but we cannot continue accepting policies that undermine the well -being of our residents without a comprehensive plan, a genuine community commitment and the necessary resources for our families of the South Bronx,” Gibson added.

The shelter is 275,000 square feet and was previously used as a storage installation before becoming migrants from the house.

Audrey Dejesus, a Bronx place, attended the community Board meeting, expressed its frustration with the new refuge

The Vicemandad of the Camille Joseph Varlack administration attended the meeting of the Community Board to inform the premises of the plans for the new migrant shelter

New York City has repeatedly erected response and help shelters to provide homes and services to the influx of undocumented migrants.

The Roosevelt hotel was previously used as a center for asylum seekers, serving an average of 4,000 arrivals every week, according to the mayor’s office.

More than 230,000 migrants stayed at the hotel between their opening in May 2023 and February 2025.

Of these migrants, more than 173,000 asylum records were completed, announced the mayor’s office in a press release.

Mayor Eric Adams said operations at the hotel would close on Monday. Migrants in the center are now being integrated into other shelters.

“And although we have not finished taking care of those who came out in our care, today marks another milestone to demonstrate the immense progress that we have achieved by folding the corner of the unprecedented international humanitarian effort,” Adams said in a statement.

The Midtown hotel opened as a refuge after the city signed a three -year contract with the owners, Pakistan International Airlines.

The closing of the Roosevelt Hotel is the last of a series of city efforts to close the migrant centers, including the store’s refuge on Randall Island.

The store’s refuge was previously subject to scrutiny by activists for inhuman conditions and floods

The locals expressed their concerns with the opening of mass refuge in their South Bronx community

The members of the community spoke passionately with city officials about their opposition to the new refuge.

The store’s refuge was previously scrutiny by activists for inhuman conditions and floods.

In October, the mayor’s office announced that the Help Center will close on February 28, coinciding closely with the new refuge in the Bronx.

‘We are not fighting every day to open new shelters, we are talking about closing them. We are not talking about how much we are spending, we are talking about how much we have saved, “Adams said at that time.

“And thanks to today’s announcement, in a few months, we will talk about how much we are investing in restoring the incredible fields and parks of Randall’s Island for the use of the community.”

Dailymail.com communicated with the mayor’s office to comment on the new migrant shelter, but did not receive an immediate response.