NEW YORK -- Grassroots volunteers who have been aiding the city’s efforts to help migrants as they arrive at the Port Authority bus terminal say they’re being shut out by the city at the new 24/7 arrival center for asylum seekers at the Roosevelt Hotel.
Volunteers, some of whom have been critical of the Adams administration’s handling of the migrant crisis, were told with little warning that the Adams administration plans to divert newly arriving buses from Port Authority to the Roosevelt Hotel, along with other migrant resources, according to Ilze Thielmann, who leads Team TLC NYC.
“It may seem like they got rid of us finally once and for all, but they didn’t see that that’s not the case because we’re not here for them. We’re here for the people,” said Power Malu, founder of Artists-Athletes-Activists.
