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New York Mayor closes more Caribbean migrant shelters

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NEW YORK, Jan.  16, CMC – New York City Mayor Eric Adams says that 13 new emergency shelters serving Caribbean and other asylum seekers across the five boroughs, including Hall Street in Brooklyn, one of the city’s largest facilities that currently houses about 3,500 migrants, are slated to close by June 2025. 

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