Maritza Caisaguano, who migrated to the city from Ecuador with her three children, is now grappling with a new reality after arriving at the Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter.

“It was very cold. Yeah. All of us are sleeping in cots,” Caisaguano said in Spanish.

Caisaguano says she just wants a job.

“If I had a job, I’d have somewhere to be warm and live comfortably there. We need to work. It’s nice that they’re helping us, but we don’t want to live like this. We want to work,” Caisaguano said.

Caisaguano arrived at the Floyd Bennett Field shelter from the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan Sunday along with nearly two dozen other families.

But shortly after, most of the migrants got back on the bus and left. Now, just 10 families live inside the 2,000-person Brooklyn facility.

Migrants say it is cold inside the tents and they have to go outside to use the bathroom.

“Floyd Bennett Field is an emergency option,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “We’re at capacity of 65,000 people being housed right now. We’re at capacity.”

The shelter is also located in what many believe is a transportation desert. The closest train station is nearly four miles away, making it hard for migrants to commute and find work.

“We have a facility. It’s met safety standards. It’s not ideal for anyone, but on the other hand, when you don’t have a larger shelter system, we have to go with this as an option,” Hochul said.

Mayor Eric Adams visited the shelter Sunday night. He said the city is doing what it can to accommodate tens of thousands of migrants, but he’s also calling on the federal government for financial assistance.

“This is not, you know, the best conditions, but we’re managing a crisis and we can’t say it any better that we need help,” Adams said.

Meanwhile, families staying at Floyd Bennett Field can take a free shuttle bus to and from Stilwell Avenue in Coney Island.