The building most likely has asbestos and there are large areas where oil from the buses that used to be housed there has spilled. There is some question about whether the building has an operable fire-suppression system. On top of that, people are being held an unusually long amount of time before they are moved through the process and released.

This is an outrage. While the red carpet is being rolled out for the RNC, the City is housing protesters who were detained during sweep arrests in demeaning, dehumanizing, and potentially hazardous conditions. The situation is so bad that many are calling Pier 57 "Guantanamo on the Hudson." We call on the City of New York to move all arrestees out of this facility immediately. We call for speedy processing all arrestees, and fair and decent treatment of everyone held by the police.

Join us in a picket line in front of Pier 57 tomorrow morning to protest the appalling conditions there and show solidarity with arrestees.