At Queens ‘Respite Center,’ Asylum Seekers Make a Choice: Stay or Go?
On Wednesday afternoon, two buses carrying more than 60 people from city shelter left for the Ramada Inn in Albany, where officials say they’re also nearing capacity.
Asylum seekers staying at a city-opened "respite center" in a Queens church were given the option of remaining in the city or voluntarily boarding a bus for a chance at more comfortable lodgings at the Ramada Inn on Albany’s Watervliet Avenue. More than 60 people chose to leave.
“I was shown pictures of the hotel, it’s nice,” a man staying at the respite facility said of the offer. “And it has a bed, real beds,” he added, slowing down the last two words for emphasis. At the church, he and others had been sleeping on cots, and had to walk to facilities in nearby Astoria Park to shower.
Vacant NYCHA Units Continue to Increase, With Transfers Complicated by PACT NYCHA’s target time is 30 days for apartment turnover. But as of April, it took the housing authority an average of 410 days to re-occupy a vacant apartment, up significantly from the start of the year and more than double what it took a year ago. Read the story.
APPLY NOW: Paid Journalism Training Workshops for NYC High School Students The City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth (CLARIFY), with the CUNY Journalism Council and Press Pass NYC, is now taking applications from New York City high school students for two journalism training camps this summer in Brooklyn and Queens. Read the story.
Beach Season is Here. How Clean is the Water in NYC? Last season, the city’s 25 beaches saw a total of 244 closures, either because water quality exceeded the city’s safety standards—determined by testing for the bacteria found in fecal matter—or because of excessive rainfall, which increases the likelihood of pollution entering local waterways. That’s up from 94 such closures during the 2021 season. Read the story.
Opinion: It's Time to Pay Teachers What They Deserve “Teachers’ workloads are increasing without their salaries as they take on even more responsibilities to ensure the safety and well-being of their students.”Read the oped here.
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