The lease for the migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn has been renewed for one year.
The new lease agreement shows the city and the National Park Service, which operates Floyd Bennett Field, have amended the agreement to extend the lease until Sept. 14, 2025.
The migrant shelter has raised concerns among immigrant advocates who worry it is too isolated, only providing access to a MTA bus stop for accessible transportation.
They also worry that the congregant setting of housing, which has asylum seekers sleeping on cots with little to no privacy is a safety concerns for the many families with small children housed at this location.
Floyd Bennett Field lies in a flood plain and asylum seekers have had to be evacuated due to severe weather in the past.
"Last year, they were evacuated and they had nowhere for folks to go when there is extreme weather," said Dr. Henry Love, vice president of public policy and strategy of Win.
News 12 reached out to Mayor Eric Adam's office for comment, which provided the following statement:
"For the past two years, the Adams administration has served over 216,000 asylum seekers with dignity and care, helping approximately 70 percent of migrants that have come through our care take the next steps in their journeys and assisting over 70,000 individuals apply for asylum, TPS, and work authorization through our Asylum Application Help Center. With over 210 emergency sites currently operating and hundreds of new arrivals continuing to arrive in New York City every week, we have been out of good options for a while now. The site at Floyd Bennett Field has been one tool in our very limited toolbox for sheltering hundreds of migrant families with children every night. We are grateful for the support we have gotten from our federal partners on our lease extension at Floyd Bennett Field and beyond, including President Biden's Executive Order earlier this summer, which has undoubtedly helped us in reducing the number of migrants coming into our care."