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Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended temporarily housing migrants in a Brooklyn high school ahead of a winter storm this week, amid backlash over the administration s handling of the migrant crisis.
City officials relocated hundreds of migrants from a shelter at Floyd Bennett Field, a former airfield, to James Madison High School Tuesday night due to concerns over the strong winds associated with the storm. The high school pivoted to remote learning the following day.
The move has been met with broad criticism, with parents denouncing the temporary closure of the school and elected officials from across the political spectrum calling on the city to find a more sustainable solution to housing migrants, particularly during the winter.
Homeless rights advocates at the Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless called the last-minute evacuation "traumatic and disruptive" for migrant families.
Among more extreme reactions, th