Those at the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center (HERRC) on Randall's Island told City Limits they’ve been seeing and hearing the telltale signs of cold and flu season: more coughing and nose-blowing in recent months at the site.
City Limits spoke with several of the immigrants being transferred from the Holiday Inn Manhattan downtown to the new, large congregate shelter on Randall's Island, a group that included a pregnant woman, a mother of an adult child with disabilities, asylum seekers on crutches, among others.
As the city faces growing pressure to expand its shelter system, it is turning to vacant hotels for those who need a roof and a place to bunk down as they sort out their lives.
Due to the recent influx in asylum seekers in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams announced that another Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center will be