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After months of concern, city officials are reducing capacity at the Randall's Island shelter with plans to close by 2025.
New York City is dramatically shrinking the migrant population at its controversial tent city on Randall’s Island while combatting rogue encampments and complaints about safety there ...
New York City will close by late February the controversial migrant shelter it built on Randall’s Island to handle the overwhelming flow of newcomers over the past two years, City Hall announced ...
James Messerschmidt On Thursday, more than 80 uniformed personnel — NYPD, FDNY and parks department cops and workers — converged on Randall’s Island shortly after 3 p.m.
The sprawling migrant tent shelter on Randall’s Island is closing, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday, citing a steady drop in the number of migrants arriving in New York City. The ...
Randall’s Island Park, one of the city’s most picturesque spots, is now a site with tent structures, litter and crime. Park workers say that the waterfront took a big hit when it opened up as ...
The festival's social media pages confirmed doors will open Saturday, but it will be delayed by two hours from its intended 1 p.m. start time, and is now set for 3 p.m.
While on Roosevelt Island, don’t miss the abandoned (but landmarked ruin) that is the former smallpox hospital, Four Freedoms Park, or the Blackwell Island lighthouse at the opposite end. 10.
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, April 30, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- SPORTIME Randall’s Island proudly celebrates the completion of its $55 million expansion, a transformative project two years ...
Carl Campanile, Craig McCarthy August 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM·3 min read An aerial view of a massive migrant tent shelter on Randall's Island in New York, NY as seen on July 11, 2024 ...