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City Scrambling to Help Puerto Rican Storm Victims Tossed From FEMA Hotels
Claudia Irizarry-Aponte and Vanessa Colón-Almenas |
Eighty-six families have been asked to check out of their temporary housing hotels by the end of this week.
Vanessa Colón-Almenas
Andrea Tejada, left, 26, and Sofía Miranda, right, 43, are both living in a Midtown hotel following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in their native Puerto Rico last summer. They are in the lobby of the hotel waiting to depart to a Homebase location in the Bronx on April 6, 2018, where they are hoping to receive information about other more permanent housing options.
Eighty-six families have been asked to check out of their temporary housing hotels by the end of this week.
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