Eric Adams is confronted by furious Harlem residents over plans to move migrants into luxury building

Daily Mail ^ | 2/16/24 | Dominic Yeatman

[Libloather]

Furious Harlem residents forced New York Mayor Eric Adams into a humiliating u-turn on plans to house migrants in an empty luxury apartment building after they spotted bunk-beds being discreetly delivered.

The WA condominium off 130th Street promised buyers an indoor swimming pool, marble bathrooms and a rooftop running track, before the project was put on ice in a neighborhood with a chronic housing shortage.

Schools, nursing homes and a string of landmark hotels have been requisitioned to house many of the 170,000 migrants who have arrived in the city since the spring of 2022.

But neighbors of the condominium in Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard were determined it was not going to go the same way.

'We were trying to find out what was going on, and we weren't getting any answers to our questions,' neighbor Regina Smith told CBS.

The Mayor faced an angry reception when he agreed to meet residents at an emergency meeting on Thursday night.

'You are the mayor. We do not want to hear excuses,' one told him.

'No, I don't agree with it turning into a sanctuary for asylum seekers knowing we have people right here that need the space,' said Tiffany Fulton of Silent Voices United.

'We should have been informed I'm looking for answers.'

The 35-apartment development was marketed as a luxury doorman building complete with granite countertops in kitchens a state-of-the-art fitness center and marble bathrooms.

But it has sat empty for more than a decade, appearing briefly as a location in a 2021 episode of Law & Order SVU when it was served as the exterior for the 'Camino Family Center'.

'WA Condominiums is one of the newest condominiums in the storied neighborhood of Central Harlem,' the developer's website promises.

[Gene Eric]

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[cowboyusa]

Black BALLOTS will still vote Dem.