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‘Pivot and shift’ to Plan B: Randalls Island tent city in infancy as Mayor Adams fends of critics of migrant shelter relocation

By Dean Moses Posted on October 4, 2022
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It was déjà vu all over again Tuesday as the city began constructing a tent migrant center on Randalls Island to replace the one they initially sought to open on flood-prone ground at the Bronx’s Orchard Beach.

A coalition of city agencies such as the Department of Corrections, NYPD, FDNY, and NYC Emergency Management convened at the parking lot of Icahn Stadium Tuesday afternoon amidst heavy rainfall. Still very much in the early planning stages, city workers spent the morning surveying the area in preparation for what will be another large-scale construction project.

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