In the week since he arrived in New York from the Northwest African nation of Mauritania, Mustapha El Habib had gone more days without showering than with. “I’m so dirty,” he said.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.As the temperature hit the high 80s and the heat index went well into the 90s, Mustapha El Habib sat in a community garden in Bushwick on a recent evening and longed for a shower.
Adams administration officials did not respond to requests for comment about the shortfalls at the Stockton Street location, a commercial property. But similar complaints surfaced at a recent City Council oversight committee hearing, where Zachary Iscol, who heads the Office of Emergency Management, said the city was doing the best it could under trying circumstances.New York City "respite center" at 359 Stockton St. in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.
Asylum seekers staying at the city "respite center" on Stockton Street share time with each other and volunteers at Bushwick City Farm across the street.Mariel Acosta, a longtime Bushwick City Farm volunteer who helped mobilize the community when migrants began to arrive at the site last week, smiled as two men from Mauritania sat on the side-by-side swings of the swing set and swung themselves up toward the sky.
“It's just like concrete,” said Acosta. “It's getting dusty. So they have reported getting respiratory issues.” Asylum seekers have also been directed to a nearby public pool and told to use the showers there. Some migrants were initially turned away because they weren’t dressed in swim trunks. Once again, the mutual aid team sprung into action, buying swim trunks, flip-flops and locks, so the newcomers could safeguard their belongings in lockers at the pool.
Elijah Fox, an aide to Councilmember Chi Ossé, whose district encompasses the site, said the councilmember was closely following the situation and advocating on behalf of migrants.
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