In the shadow of JFK Airport, on a desolate stretch behind barbed wire, is Building 197 — a sprawling warehouse that is being prepared as the next home for new asylum seekers, according to city hall. It could soon house as many as 1,000 migrants
The massive structure used to be an overflow facility for the U.S. Postal Service. On Thursday, white trailers with showers and bathrooms could be seen lining one side of the building.
“We’re looking at space at JFK, at a hangar there, waiting for federal approval," Hochul said previously."So we’ve been very focused on just surveying all the state assets that would include SUNY dorms, shuttered psychiatric centers and anywhere we can find space to help take some of the burden off New York City and their shelter system."
"My main priority is making sure they’re safe, but also getting the federal government to help us with the expense, with work authorizations," she said."I have so may employers and farmers in desperate need of good workers, these people came here for work."Hundreds of cots have been set up at the former jail facility, while big shipments of food were brought in and contractors and electricians worked to get the building suitable.
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