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NYC asylum seeker crisis: City Council proposes housing migrants in closed hotels, vacant churches [Video]

ORCHARD BEACH, The Bronx (WABC) — New York City Council members were not so hot on Mayor Eric Adam’s new idea to house asylum seekers in a tent city at Randall’s Island, so they presented some solutions of their own Wednesday night.

Mayor Adams announced this week that the city would move the migrant relief center from Orchard Beach in the Bronx, to Randall’s Island after it faced opposition from both sides of the political spectrum.

But critics say the new location will still have the same old problems.

Randall’s Island is in City Council Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala’s district.

She says it also sits in a transit desert, isolating migrants from access to jobs, health care, schools, and legal services.

Video in player above is from a previous report

“It’s an issue of accessibility and also concerns about possible flooding,” Ayala said. “I believe the city has designated that space level three and that’s concerning.”

So City Council came up with a counter proposal Wednesday night to use dozens …

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