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Hotel reopens as temporary home to migrants arriving in New York City

Published May 15, 2023 at 7:06 AM CDT

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with The City reporter Gwynne Hogan about the struggle to find shelter for thousands of migrants being sent to New York City. Over the weekend, Mayor Eric Adams announced that the shuttered Roosevelt Hotel will be used as a temporary shelter.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.