New York braces for 'summer surge' of migrants

• New York City has taken in over 175,000 and spent millions sheltering them
• The Department of Homeless Services relocated migrants from their shelters
• Shelter CEO Christine Quinn said the city is preparing for a ‘summer surge’

New York City appears to be bracing for a ‘summer surge’ of migrants as some asylum seekers have reportedly been abruptly transferred from their shelters.

The Department of Homeless Services handed out notices to migrant families staying at shelters in Brooklyn on Tuesday, warning them they had 24 to 48 hours to relocate.

Win, the Big Apple’s largest provider of family shelter, said they started receiving a list from the city of clients who will be transferred into hotels for migrants nearly two weeks ago.

Christine Quinn, Win’s president and CEO, told Documented NY the city said it’s planning for a ‘summer surge in arrivals’ and ‘needed to create vacancies in certain shelters.’

‘I don’t see this stopping. I think they’ll [the city] come back to us with other people,’ Quinn said.

The Department of Homeless Services reportedly handed out notices to migrant families staying at shelters in Brooklyn on Tuesday, warning them they had 24 to 48 hours to relocate

Christine Quinn, the president and CEO of New York City’s largest shelter provider, said the city said its planning for a ‘summer surge in arrivals’ and ‘needed to create vacancies’

Deicy Lara, who is from Colombia and had been staying at one of the shelters with her children for almost two years, told the local news outlet she was one of the people given notices

‘They called me and told me that today at 4 p.m. I would have to have all my things outside because I would have transferred to a hotel,’ she said.

Win has a strong stance against shelter evictions but operates shelters under the Department of Homeless Services.

‘Shelter evictions only destabilize families – particularly children – who are trying to finish the end of the school year in the communities they’ve come to know and trust,’ Win said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

The Department of Homeless Services told DailyMail.com only a handful of asylum-seeker families were being moved to sanctuary locations that would be better equipped to support their needs.

‘Asylum seeker families face a variety of specific needs that in many cases can be quite different from other families experiencing homelessness,’ department spokesperson Neha Sharma said.

‘DHS sanctuary sites are better positioned to link asylum seeker families to the critical legal and other services that are essential as they transition to life in New York City.’

The city has taken in more than 175,000 migrants, and are currently accommodating around 67,500, limiting them to a 30 day stay in a shelter to alleviate overflow.

Hotel Le Jolie in upmarket Williamsburg is the latest among 110 across the city being used to house asylum seekers.

Tent cities have sprung up in Floyd Bennett Field, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center and on the grounds of Kennedy Airport in a bid to cope with the migrant surge.

The city has taken in more than 175,000 migrants , and are currently accommodating around 67,500, limiting them to a 30 day stay in a shelter

Democrat Mayor Eric Adams has been highly critical of the Biden administration and the influx of immigrants in sanctuary cities, referring to the issue as ‘one of the largest humanitarian crises this city has ever experienced.’

More than 1,000 migrants from West African nations gathered ahead of a City Council oversight hearing focused on the experience of black arrivals in April.

A majority of attendees were from Haiti, Guinea, and West Africa, and came to the protest to seek more aid, better shelters and work permits, according to reports.

DailyMail.com has previously reported on collapsing migrant programs as a result of racial tension between asylum seekers from Latin America and Africa.

Adams has estimated the city will spend $12 billion over the next three years to handle the influx, setting up large-scale emergency shelters, renting out hotels and providing various government services for migrants.

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