NYPD clears migrants' tents from in front of Hell's Kitchen hotel, city plans to move them to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal - WABC-TV

HELL'S KITCHEN, Manhattan (WABC) -- New York City police cleared groups of migrants from the Watson Hotel in Hell's Kitchen on Monday, but dozens who refuse to go are still on the street -- refusing to back down.

The asylum seekers who refused to leave camped out along 57th Street between 9th and 10th avenues.

They said they have found work in Midtown, and at the cruise terminal, they would be in the middle of nowhere, sleeping next to the ocean.

Eventually police told migrants they couldn't block the sidewalk and forced them to break down the tents.

Single adult men staying at the Watson are being moved so that the space can be occupied by migrant families with children.

Eyewitness News Reporter CeFaan Kim spoke with some protestors Monday evening.