South Bronx school scrambles plans, seeks donations for dozens of asylum-seeking students

WNYC News | Sep 28, 2022

New York City is struggling to accommodate asylum seekers who continue to arrive at the Port Authority in buses from the southern border. The city now says around 14-thousand asylum seekers have come since spring, more than 3,300 of whom are children. WNYC’s Gwynne Hogan brings us inside one South Bronx school that’s rapidly changing its curriculum and plans to meet the needs of the new students. Read the full story on Gothamist.com.

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