Migrant, asylum housing crisis in the Big Apple


Asylum seekers board a bus in front of a smattering of news camera crew at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, New York City. — New York Times

WHEN the real estate industry looks at the Flatiron Building in New York City, they see an internationally famous 22-storey skyscraper that has sat mostly empty for four years, its value dropping in the pandemic-driven collapse of the commercial office market.

City officials, however, see something else: a potential home for the continuing influx of migrants.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

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Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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