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From the New York Post: The notorious Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter in Manhattan is expected to close down operations in the coming months, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday as the number of asylum seekers in the city’s care continues to drop since President Trump took office.
Adams, a Democrat, called the impending closure of the centralized intake center and emergency shelter at the beleaguered Midtown hotel a “milestone” for the Big Apple, which has seen more than 232,000 migrants reach the city since the crisis first began in spring 2022.
Hizzoner, in a video message, credited the winding down of operations at the repurposed site to “the successful strategies we put in place here in New York City and because of policies we advocated for at the border.”
The converted hotel will likely stop being a migrant shelter by June, a source told The Post.
The once-glamorous 19-story hotel, which originally opened in 1924, has 1,025 rooms. In 2000, the hotel was purchased by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). It closed in 2020, due to financial loses amid the Covid pandemic, but the city leased it as a shelter for illegal aliens in 2023.
Since operating as a shelter for illegal aliens from all over the world, the Roosevelt Hotel has been plagued with gang activity, fights and crime.
WATCH Mayor Adams’ announcement below:
Today, we announced we will begin the process of closing down The Roosevelt Hotel’s Asylum Arrival Center and Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center.
Here’s what to know: pic.twitter.com/l1NKtCNElC
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) February 24, 2025
Adams announced:
Thanks to the successful strategies we implemented in our city and policies we advocated for nationally, we’ll be closing this site that served new arrivals since the height of this crisis in 2023.
Our city was receiving 4,000 migrants each week during the height of the crisis, and now we’re down to approximately 350 new arrivals each week.
Our administration has skillfully managed this crisis, with over 232,000 migrants coming to our city seeking shelter in the last three years. The Roosevelt Hotel was where we processed 75% of those who came into our care, and it was critical to our effective operations.
Our administration has skillfully managed this crisis, with over 232,000 migrants coming to our city seeking shelter in the last three years.
The Roosevelt Hotel was where we processed 75% of those who came into our care, and it was critical to our effective operations.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) February 24, 2025
Because of our sound policy decisions and successful emergency response, we’re able to close this site and help even more migrants take the next step in their journeys — while saving taxpayers millions of dollars.
Because of our sound policy decisions and successful emergency response, we’re able to close this site and help even more migrants take the next step in their journeys — while saving taxpayers millions of dollars.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) February 24, 2025
🚨 New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel MIGRANT SHELTER is now closing – NYP pic.twitter.com/k9wbz64ceZ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 24, 2025
It’s being reported that the epicenter of the migrant crisis here in New York City. The Roosevelt Hotel is set to close in June.
I must have spent 100s of hours at this location pic.twitter.com/AK2PPDNjLJ
— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) February 24, 2025
🚨#BREAKING: The notorious Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter in Manhattan is expected to CLOSE DOWN immigration operations!
This comes just days after Elon Musk’s DOGE discovered $80 MILLION DOLLARS in FEMA payments going to housing illegal migrants in luxury hotels.
WINNING!!! pic.twitter.com/hPIFZpktbM
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) February 24, 2025
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