Mass shelter of Migrant Hotel Roosevelt in Manhattan will close over the next few months, New York Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday.
The converted object, which has about 1,000 rooms, processed more than 173,000 migrants Since the opening in May 2023, according to the New York Post.
“Although we did not take care of those who are our care, today marks another turning point in a demonstration of a huge progress we have achieved in turning a corner in an unprecedented international humanitarian effort,” Adams quoted the UA Video newspaper announcement on Monday.
Allegedly added that closure was – which source said fast It is expected that it will happen by June – because of the “successful strategies we set here in New York and because of the policies we were advocating on the border.”
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Migrants and asylum seekers arrive at the Hotel Roosevelt in New York in January 2024. (J. Conrad Williams, Jr./newsday RM via Getty Images)
New York City had about 69,000 migrants in his shelter in January 2024, but this number currently decreased to less than 45,000, city officials told The Post.
At one point, 4,000 migrants appeared every week who appear on Velika Apple, but that number has also decreased to 350, adding a newspaper, citing Adams.
During the last few weeks of Joe Biden’s Presidency, about 400-500 new migrants have sought help in the city each week, Post reported.
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Migrants see how to sleep outside the Roosevelt Hotel in New York in July 2023 because the facility was capacity. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The Adams office did not immediately respond on Monday morning at the Fox News Digital comment.
Expected closure Roosevelt hotel shelter – which is allegedly associated with gang’s activity – it comes because New York City closes the other websites of care of the migrant.
“We will continue to look for more web sites for consolidation and closure and more opportunities to save taxpayers’ money, because we continue to successfully manage this response,” Adams said in December when he announced that 25 shelters were closing in the coming months.
A crime cassette surrounds a sting area in front of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York in May 2024. (Peter Gerber)
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Migrants who arrive after closing the Roosevelt Hotel shelter will have other locations in New York to register, city officials told The Post.
Fox News’ Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
