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NYC to use cruise ship terminal as asylum-seeker shelter

FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams listens as Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State address in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol, on Jan. 10, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers, Adams said Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, announcing the latest in a series of facilities the city has set up — and sometimes shut down — as it strains to handle an ongoing influx. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File) FILE - The Manhattan skyline is seen behind the parking lot and terminal of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on April 2, 2020, in New York. New York City is temporarily turning the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers, Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, announcing the latest in a series of facilities the city has set up, and sometimes shut down, as it strains to handle an ongoing influx. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
NYC to use cruise ship terminal as asylum-seeker shelter