New migrant mega-shelter coming to Creedmoor psych center in Queens despite protests of local pols: Mayor

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Posted on July 26, 2023

The city is opening a new large-scale migrant tent shelter in the parking lot of the shuttered Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Eastern Queens despite the protests of local officials, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday.

The new mega-shelter, to be one of the several so-called “Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers” (HERRCs), will have space for housing up to 1,000 single adult male migrants, according to the mayor’s office. The site was provided by the state, which owns the facility.