I can’t imagine how much the transformation of the Roosevelt Hotel would have angered its namesake, Theodore Roosevelt.

NYC's Roosevelt Hotel intake center and shelter, which has served as a support center and temporary housing for more than 173,000 asylum seekers since May 2023, is closing.

New York City mayor Eric Adams held the city's successful emergency response and policy decisions responsible for the closure of Roosevelt Hotel. Credit: Photobank.kiev.ua / Shutterstock. · Hotel Management Network · Photobank.

Mayor Eric Adams said this week that the Roosevelt Hotel and more than 50 other migrant shelters are no longer needed and will shut by June.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is moving to shut down migrant shelter sites across the city as the flow of new arrivals begins to slow down amid a federal immigration crackdown. Adams announced this week that the city will close the Asylum Seeker Arrival Center at New York's iconic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan,