Having failed to establish shelters for migrants in southern Brooklyn following a massive protest by immigrants from communist countries who were expected to quietly go along with the city’s plan, an alternative was announced last week by Governor Kathy Hocho.
“The city’s 60-day shelter policy fails to answer the needs of migrants, but there is a solution that provides them shelter within a reasonable commute to work where they need not leave after 60 days,” she announced.
Cutting the ribbon at the 111th Street-Corona Plaza station on the 7 train, Hocho introduced the Sleeping Car on the elevated subway line where migrant families can sleep and then go to work. “From their designated bunks in the eighth car, they can go to work in the first seven cars selling candy, playing music, and acclimating to our culture by learning how to breakdance inside a moving train.
When asked about childcare aboard the trains, Hocho hinted at sending teachers onto the trains to organize mobile classrooms.
By Serkin Kading
