Man stabbed outside NYC migrant intake center in latest spat of violence

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Man stabbed outside NYC migrant intake center in latest spat of violence

A man was stabbed in the back outside an immigrant reprocessing center on the Lower East Side early Sunday — just the latest violence around the city’s asylum seeker site, police and law enforcement sources said.

The victim, whose last known address was in Queens, was in stable condition and expected to survive, they said.

It’s unclear what sparked the Manhattan violence or whether the man who was stabbed or his assailant was an asylum seeker.

The bloodshed happened around 12:30 a.m., but police didn’t find out until several hours later because afterward, the victim took private transportation around the 105th Precinct station in Queens, where she eventually saw an officer and said she had been stabbed. , sources said.

The man was then rushed by EMS to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.

No arrests were made in the attack, which took place outside the former St. Brigid’s on East Seventh Street during the dispute, police said.

Former St. School  BrigidA 36-year-old man was stabbed in the back at a Kampung Timur migrant processing center early Sunday. Police said the victim may have survived and efforts to find the suspect are underway. J. Messerschmidt for the NY Post

Migrants pick up clothes as a mutual aid group distributes food and clothes in cold weather near the Migrant Aid Center at St.  Brigid, on Saturday, January 20, 2024, in New York. Migrants pick up clothes as a mutual aid group distributes food and clothes in cold weather near the Migrant Aid Center at St. Brigid, on Saturday, January 20, 2024, in New York. AP

The site is where immigrants can reapply for more free city housing after they’ve gone through the grind in the shelter system.

The migrant facility has been the scene of three more stabbings in two weeks, a worrying trend that has prompted officials to begin installing security cameras and weighing metal detectors.

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