The council wants more answers on the massive tent city being built to provide temporary shelter and social services after 15,000 migrants have overwhelmed the city's shelter system.
The treatment of migrants bused to New York City was the focus of a City Council oversight hearing on Friday.
The massive tent city is designated to provide temporary shelter and social services after 15,000 migrants have overwhelmed the city's shelter system. "These HERRCs are set up not to replace the shelter system but to give us the time and space to do that operation correctly," said Commissioner of NYC Emergency Management Zach Iscol. "To make sure that we are figuring out what the needs of people are. To welcome them with a shower, a warm meal, meet their immediate medical needs and then figure out what the next steps for them are.
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