Overview

• Mayor Eric Adams celebrated the facility’s closure, calling its two-year run a defining chapter in New York’s migrant response
• The hotel was repurposed in May 2023 after lying vacant since 2020 to serve as the city’s main migrant intake center
• City officials pushed back in court on the Trump administration’s claims that the shelter harbored crime and hosted Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
• Under New York’s right-to-shelter law, federal and state funding shortfalls led the city to rely on repurposed hotels and other temporary sites
• Weekly arrivals peaked at about 4,000 before falling below 100 by mid-2025, reducing pressure on emergency shelters