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  • New York Migrants Project USAGM
  • February 9, 2023
  • NYC Struggles to Cope With Migrant Influx
  • Content Type Package
  • Language English
  • Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((TITLE: TV – New York Migrants Project – Maslov HEAD: NYC Struggles to Cope With Migrant Influx TEASER: DATE: PUBLISHED AT: 02/09/2023 at 11:15am BYLINE: Evgeny Maslov CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: New York VIDEOGRAPHER: Michael Eckels VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original SCRIPT EDITORS: Kenochs; Bowman PLATFORMS: TV only TRT: 2:50 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)) [[More than 43,000 migrants have arrived in New York City in recent months, and Mayor Eric Adams has warned that services to help new arrivals in America’s most populous city are at a “breaking point.” Evgeny Maslov reports on the extraordinary steps New York is taking in this story, narrated by Anna Rice.]] ((NARRATION)) ((NATS)) ((Migrants sing)) ((NARRATION)) Struggling to accommodate a sudden influx of migrants, many from South America, New York City authorities started relocating single men from a Manhattan hotel to a cruise terminal in Brooklyn. Many refused to go, citing poor living conditions at the terminal. ((Nelvis, Migrant From Venezuela)) ((SPANISH)) “We don’t want to move there because the conditions there are impossible. They have fold-out beds and four bathrooms for a thousand people to use. It’s cold there, and it’s still winter.” ((NARRATION)) Caring New Yorkers and local relief groups sprаng to action and delivered warm clothes, blankets and hot food to migrants who opted to camp out in front of the Manhattan hotel. ((Arelis Figueroa, Poor People’s Campaign)) “These people have already gone through so many things! Why don’t we look for a solution? Because it will be provisional, right? So, why are they doing this move instead of moving them to a place where they will be able to stay?” ((Justin Chong, By Any Means Necessary)) “We demand that Governor Adams opens up more of these hotels, more of these shelters inside New York to house these refugees! We oppose to Governor Adams sending these refugees to this Brooklyn Terminal; the conditions there are worse than even in detention facilities.” ((NARRATION)) New York City Mayor Eric Adams pushed back, visiting the terminal in person – and ((Mandatory courtesy: South Bronx Mutual Aid + Twitter Logo)) even spending a night there. ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Mayor Eric Adams + Twitter Logo)) ((Eric Adams, Mayor, New York City)) ((NYC Media)) “I just had to come here when I started hearing all the rumors about how it was too cold. My brother got on shorts – it’s warm inside! About the food not being there; you know, healthy food is present, even the snacks are healthy. We just need to stop the anxiety. When I spoke to the men who are here, they shared the same energy: ‘We want to come here, we want to work, we want to pursue the American dream. We are thankful to the people of New York City.’” ((End courtesy)) ((NARRATION)) But he did acknowledge the magnitude of the challenges New York faces. According to Adams, since the spring of 2022, more than 43,000 migrants have come through NYC’s intake system, many of them arriving by bus from U.S. border states like Texas and Arizona. ((For Evgeny Maslov in New York, Anna Rice, VOA News))
  • Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((TITLE: TV – New York Migrants Project – Maslov HEAD: NYC Struggles to Cope With Migrant Influx TEASER: DATE: PUBLISHED AT: 02/09/2023 at 11:15am BYLINE: Evgeny Maslov CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: New York VIDEOGRAPHER: Michael Eckels VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original SCRIPT EDITORS: Kenochs; Bowman PLATFORMS: TV only TRT: 2:50 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)) [[More than 43,000 migrants have arrived in New York City in recent months, and Mayor Eric Adams has warned that services to help new arrivals in America’s most populous city are at a “breaking point.” Evgeny Maslov reports on the extraordinary steps New York is taking in this story, narrated by Anna Rice.]] ((NARRATION)) ((NATS)) ((Migrants sing)) ((NARRATION)) Struggling to accommodate a sudden influx of migrants, many from South America, New York City authorities started relocating single men from a Manhattan hotel to a cruise terminal in Brooklyn. Many refused to go, citing poor living conditions at the terminal. ((Nelvis, Migrant From Venezuela)) ((SPANISH)) “We don’t want to move there because the conditions there are impossible. They have fold-out beds and four bathrooms for a thousand people to use. It’s cold there, and it’s still winter.” ((NARRATION)) Caring New Yorkers and local relief groups sprаng to action and delivered warm clothes, blankets and hot food to migrants who opted to camp out in front of the Manhattan hotel. ((Arelis Figueroa, Poor People’s Campaign)) “These people have already gone through so many things! Why don’t we look for a solution? Because it will be provisional, right? So, why are they doing this move instead of moving them to a place where they will be able to stay?” ((Justin Chong, By Any Means Necessary)) “We demand that Governor Adams opens up more of these hotels, more of these shelters inside New York to house these refugees! We oppose to Governor Adams sending these refugees to this Brooklyn Terminal; the conditions there are worse than even in detention facilities.” ((NARRATION)) New York City Mayor Eric Adams pushed back, visiting the terminal in person – and ((Mandatory courtesy: South Bronx Mutual Aid + Twitter Logo)) even spending a night there. ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Mayor Eric Adams + Twitter Logo)) ((Eric Adams, Mayor, New York City)) ((NYC Media)) “I just had to come here when I started hearing all the rumors about how it was too cold. My brother got on shorts – it’s warm inside! About the food not being there; you know, healthy food is present, even the snacks are healthy. We just need to stop the anxiety. When I spoke to the men who are here, they shared the same energy: ‘We want to come here, we want to work, we want to pursue the American dream. We are thankful to the people of New York City.’” ((End courtesy)) ((NARRATION)) But he did acknowledge the magnitude of the challenges New York faces. According to Adams, since the spring of 2022, more than 43,000 migrants have come through NYC’s intake system, many of them arriving by bus from U.S. border states like Texas and Arizona. ((For Evgeny Maslov in New York, Anna Rice, VOA News))
  • NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
  • Network VOA
  • Embargo Date February 9, 2023 11:23 EST
  • Byline Evgeny Maslov
  • Brand / Language Service Voice of America
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