Officials are considering constructing a shanty town in New York’s Central Park to house recent migrants.
In an echo of the Hoovervilles that sprang up in the midst of the Great Depression, a temporary camp in the Manhattan park is being discussed, along with a hanger at John F Kennedy airport and tiny homes at various locations.
Anne Williams-Isom, the city’s deputy mayor for health and human services, said the city had been driven to consider alternative places to house new arrivals as it ran out of space in homeless shelters and hotels.
