NYC to Use Floyd Bennett Field as Emergency Site to House ‘Asylum Seekers’

Floyd Bennett Field will be used to house “some of the more than 113,300 asylum seekers” who have entered the city, the mayor said.

Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference near the site of a parking garage collapse in New York on April 18, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

New York City has reached a leasing deal with the federal government to use Floyd Bennett Field as an emergency site to shelter thousands of illegal immigrants in the city, Mayor Eric Adams said on Friday.

In a statement on Sept. 15, Mr. Adams said that they will use Floyd Bennett Field to house “some of the more than 113,300 asylum seekers” who have entered the city since the spring of last year.