Asylum Seekers Lack Functioning Shower in New Brooklyn Shelter for Eight Days and Counting

Around 3 a.m. on June 29, buses of asylum seekers originating from Arizona, California, and shelters in New York City, arrived at a city-funded building on Stockton St. and Lewis Ave., which borders the Bushwick and Bed-Stuy neighborhoods of Brooklyn. For eight days, the roughly 500 asylum seekers, who have been sleeping on cots in … Continue reading Asylum Seekers Lack Functioning Shower in New Brooklyn Shelter for Eight Days and Counting