For New Migrants, a New Kind of Neighborhood

 

"From every corner of the world to every corner of New York City, newcomers are carving out communities in unexpected — and sometimes hostile — places.

What’s different about the 116,000 migrants who started arriving last year is how many came at once, and how many went straight into the city’s homeless shelter system, already near capacity.

In normal times, immigrants gravitate to neighborhoods where countrymen have set up social networks, and they are gradually absorbed into the city. The new group came in a rush, after the pandemic worsened violence and poverty in struggling countries. Many came with no communities to join. In the shelters, they are creating them from scratch."

read report by Todd Heisler, Andy Newman, Raúl Vilchis and Olivia Bensimon 

 For New Migrants, a New Kind of Neighborhood – DNyuz

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/nyregion/nyc-migrants-neighborhoods-shelters.html