Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, New York City will impose a curfew on 1,900 migrants staying at four centers, in response to neighbors’ complaints of panhandling.
Eva Metis Koutoumanou
The Adams administration is moving forward with plans to impose curfews on four migrant respite centers across the city after neighbors complained of the asylum-seekers panhandling.
Migrants staying at the affected respite centers will be required to check in each night by 11 p.m. and remain inside until 6 a.m., mirroring standard curfews in place at homeless shelters across the city.
The directive marks Mayor Eric Adams’ first major step to address the complaints of neighbors who say they have been assailed by desperate asylum-seekers begging door to door for food and clothes.
The centers are located in Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn. Migrants will need to be there between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Anyone who breaks the curfew three times in 30 days could be kicked out.
The four centers are:
- 35th Ave Astoria and Judo (37-11 35th Street, Queens, NY 11106)
- Lincoln Manhattan (31-33 W 110th St, NY, NY 10026)
- JFK Respite Center (197 North Boundary Rd., Queens, NY 11427
- Stockton (359 Stockton St., Brooklyn, NY 11206)
In total, the policy applies to approximately 1,900 asylum seekers across the four sites.
