A controversial Manhattan hotel being used to shelter migrants is set to close. The Roosevelt Hotel became an emblem of New York City’s fraught effort to manage thousands of international migrants who have flooded into the city in recent years.

The asylum seeker center at New York City's Roosevelt Hotel will close, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. A date for its closure has not been announced. For nearly two years, the hotel has been serving as an intake center for migrants just arriving in the city,

The Roosevelt Hotel, which has roughly 1,000 rooms, first transformed into a migrant welcoming center and shelter in May 2023.