Welcome back to news. 12 asylum seekers won't be
moving into Floyd Bennett Field. At least not for
now. The proposal is still up in the air
after talks over the weekend between New York State and
the federal government stalled news twelve's Julio Avila explains these
latest developments. They come to where we fish,
they, they may close the beach to where we
fish. And that's our past time after working 12
, 14, 17 hours a day. Brooklyn Knight
Adele Daley is thankful that at this point, the
Biden administration isn't signing off on Governor Kay Hoe's proposal
to house asylum seekers at Floyd Bennett Field, which
is federally operated land council member, Joanne Arriola agrees
that the location is not ideal that acreage filled with
grassland salt marshes, tidal mud flats and has been
deemed an extreme flood zone. Governor Keel first proposed
the idea back in May and made a personal pitch
to the federal government on Sunday. Despite not reaching
an agreement, the governor says, quote, I
did not take away from that. A hard no
. So I think it's just going to be an
evolving process and I fully anticipate we'll get an answer
. That's important to our people of this community.
Governor did say that there are other federal sites.
She's looking to ask the federal government for access though
she did not go into detail as to which ones
. She also says that$250 million will be coming
from the state to New York City to help the
city with expenses that's incurred while supporting asylum seekers.
The Governor's office also says that asylum seekers are expected
to arrive at Randall's Island sometime this week at Floyd
Bennett Field. Julio Avila News 12.