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‘Not ideal but admirable’: New York pols visit Brooklyn migrant center, dispel concerns about conditions

By Dean Moses Posted on February 3, 2023

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Several elected officials visited on Thursday the migrant Humanitarian Relief Center set up in Brooklyn to analyze its conditions following the sit-in protest outside of the Watson Hotel.

Over the past week, a group of asylum seekers who had stayed at the hotel refused to be transferred to the relief center established in Red Hook, Brooklyn out of fear for the conditions there. But what exactly are the conditions there?

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‘Not ideal but admirable’: New York pols visit Brooklyn migrant center, dispel concerns about conditions

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