Page 17 - Ted Long News Today

The final list is complete. This is the list of Rhode Island’s 50 Wealthiest and Most Powerful.

New York City opened a sprawling tent camp Wednesday on an isolated East River island to temporarily house hundreds of single, adult male migrants whose arrival has prompted the mayor

The facility, with about 500 beds for single men as well as a recreation center and cafeteria, is set to open Wednesday after buses arrive at Port Authority.

Dr. Ted Long, a top official in the city Health Department, said: “There is no limit to how long people that are seeking asylum can stay in this facility.”

Asylum seekers will start moving in to the tent shelters on Randall's Island on Wednesday. The city had to move these tents from Orchard Beach to Randall's Island due to flooding concerns.

It's really a series of tents built to withstand all kinds of weather conditions, even 90 mile an hour winds.

It will not only provide temporary housing, but also be a place to connect with legal services and medical care.

Only a couple of Latin American migrants had been admitted to the Adams administration’s new migrant tent camp on Randalls Island as of late Wednesday afternoon, making for a slow first day of operations at the controversial facility.

The countdown continues, and we pass the halfway mark of Rhode Island’s 50 Wealthiest and Most Influential for 2022.

Administration officials say the facility at Orchard Beach in the Bronx will accommodate 1,000 newcomers, while they are looking to site another emergency relief center as large as three football fields.