The city will open two new humanitarian relief centers in Queens and Brooklyn to temporarily house asylum seekers, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.
The Crowne Plaza JFK Airport New York in Queens, which is currently serving as an emergency respite center, will transform into a center for migrant families with children, Adams said in a news release.
And an emergency respite center at 47 Hall St. in Brooklyn, near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will open a space for adult asylum seekers, the release said.
The centers will be the 13th and 14th of their kind, according to the release. Adams’ administration opened the city’s 12th humanitarian relief center in Manhattan last month.
The Queens site will house more than 330 families with children, while the site in Brooklyn will support around 1,400 adults, the release said.
The city is currently caring for more than 52,000 asylum seekers, the release noted.
“The transition of these two emergency respite sites to humanitarian relief centers will provide, when combined, thousands of individuals with a range of services and help them reach their final destinations,” Adams said in a statement.
The city has opened around 180 emergency shelters since asylum seekers began arriving in the five boroughs last spring, the release said.