Parents are outraged by the idea of housing migrants in schools.

The mayor of New York City has announced plans to house hundreds of migrants in public-school gyms across the five boroughs. Parents at New York City schools are up in arms over the city's plans to house hundreds of migrants in school gyms across the five boroughs. Aramis Rosa, a parent at PS 172 in Brooklyn, said parents were not consulted beforehand and migrants were moved in under cover of darkness. School officials promised that individuals and families would be kept to the standalone gym buildings under consideration. Attendance at PS 172 was reportedly down 25% on Tuesday as parents elected to keep their kids home en masse.

The New York School Safety Coalition has urged the city to find another solution for migrant housing at six schools in Brooklyn. The city has not revealed how long it plans to house the migrants, almost exclusively adult men, at the gyms. Parents have protested the decision, warning that the crisis could affect every city service. The city has been commandeering hotels for migrants for months, while efforts to bus hundreds more upstate have met with open hostility from local governments. Orange and Rockland counties recently issued executive orders prohibiting local hotels from accepting Adams’ migrants.