Come back next year: Asylum seeker resource center in Manhattan lacks resources

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Friday October 28, 2022 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [Come back next year: Asylum seeker resource center in Manhattan lacks resources]( [An asylum-seeking couple and their young child sit on the steps outside of a city-funded resource center in Hell's Kitchen.]( [Migrants say they’re being turned away empty-handed from the resource center. Many then return to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, where they arrived aboard buses sent from the border.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [A photo of Rev. Calvin Butts]( [Rev. Calvin Butts, towering NY religious and political figure, dies at 73]( [Butts was the pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, one of the city's largest congregations.]( [The Hoboken train terminal is overwhelmed with flooding after Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey Sept. 29, 2012. Experts say the damage to NJ Transit spurred investment in resiliency, but more needs to be done.]( [Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc with NJ Transit. 10 years later, resiliency is a priority]( [But planning advocates say much more needs to be done if NJ is to truly weather climate change]( [A photo of the Trader Joe's in Murray Hill]( [Workers reject union at Williamsburg Trader Joe’s]( [The site would have been the first NYC location to unionize.]( [3D rendering of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—a common contagious virus that infects the human respiratory tract.]( [If your kid has RSV, do you need to take them to the hospital — and when?]( [While some are calling this moment a ‘tripledemic,’ RSV stands out from COVID-19 and the flu when it comes to its symptoms, its prevention, and its treatment.]( [Harvested cannabis hangs to dry in a shaded greenhouse at a farm on Long Island (Scott Heins for Gothamist)]( [Schumer faces pressure to get cannabis banking reform through Senate]( [A group of cannabis entrepreneurs in NY and NJ sent the Senate Majority Leader a letter Friday outlining the need for greater access to banking services.]( [An "I voted" sticker with the city skyline as the background]( [NY early voting begins Saturday. Here’s what you need to know to cast a ballot.]( [The general election caps a busy year for voters, who have already had to go to the polls at least three times this year.]( [A hand holding a pen as it fills out an absentee ballot application]( [Absentee ballot standoff temporarily subsides as partisan rift deepens among NY elections officials]( [After continued back-and-forth, Republican election officials backed down from threats to defy the courts on absentee ballot canvassing.]( [an outdoor subway track entrance on a foggy night]( [Extra Extra: Has this Mondrian been accidentally flipped for 75 years, or are we the ones living upside down?]( [Because it's the painting, it was hung upside down by mistake, here are your end-of-day links: Upper East Side Halloween decorations, fancy soap in the One Vanderbilt showers, lizards know how to love, and more.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.