Overview

• The city announced it will let the Row NYC lease expire in April and close the 1,300-room hotel shelter in the coming months.
• Row NYC was the first hotel converted to house migrants in October 2022 as part of an emergency network that once included more than 200 sites.
• Officials say they have shut 64 emergency shelters, including all tent sites and the Roosevelt Hotel, after weekly migrant arrivals fell to under 100.
• New York has processed roughly 110,000 asylum and work authorization applications and helped over 200,000 migrants transition out of the emergency system.
• Initial hotel leases, including the Row’s $5.13 million monthly contract, drew scrutiny over shelter spending and disputed federal aid.