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Rally Held Against Asylum Seeker Relief Center Planned For Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

The mayor's office announced Wednesday tents will go up at the parking lot of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.

(CBS New York)

July 28, 2023

There was a heated rally Thursday against a humanitarian relief center in Queens that will house 1,000 men seeking asylum.

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The mayor's office announced Wednesday tents will go up at the parking lot of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.

"No tent city! No tent city!" some residents of Queens Village chanted Thursday. They're asking the mayor's office to reconsider the plan.

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