New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the impending closure of the Roosevelt Hotel, which has been utilized as a migrant shelter since May 2023.
Sign of the changes coming, time for illegals to move out from NYC hotels. pic.twitter.com/O6nA8vGAJ5
— floridanow1 (@floridanow1) February 25, 2025
The Roosevelt Hotel in New York City is currently owned by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the state-run airline of Pakistan. PIA has held full ownership of the hotel since 2000, after acquiring the remaining stake from Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who had been a co-owner following a joint purchase in the late 1990s.
The hotel, a historic landmark in Midtown Manhattan since it opened in 1924, was originally leased by PIA in 1979 before they bought it outright two decades later. Right now, it’s under a three-year lease to the New York City government, signed in 2023, to serve as a migrant intake center, but ownership remains with PIA. So, basically, the US was paying Pakistan to house illegal (and maybe some legal) immigrants.
This was supposedly after Vivek stopped a contract with the hotel in December which is owned by Pakistan. So Pakistan makes money off our tax dollars. They better take their illegals back and pay for their transportation! pic.twitter.com/QU7Q2LyhZL
— Nick Collins (@NickTrucks) February 19, 2025
Plans are afloat to potentially redevelop the site into a mixed-use mega-tower, with realtors JLL tapped as the agent in 2024, though no sale has happened yet. So, as of today, February 24, 2025, PIA still owns it.
NYC STAGGERING CORRUPTION
— Dr Dredd (@drDredd7218) February 23, 2025
All illegally funded by FEMA and NGOs using American taxpayer’s dollars
NYC Department for Homeless Services hired all 1,025 rooms of the Pakistan government owned Roosevelt Hotel at $200/night in a staggering 36 month contract costing $225 Million pic.twitter.com/j9NTZNbl5F
The hotel processed over 173,000 migrants, but with a significant drop in weekly arrivals, plans are underway to transform the facility back to its original use. This decision aims to alleviate financial burdens on taxpayers while addressing the evolving needs of migrant intake in the city.
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) February 24, 2025
#BREAKING: The notorious Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter in Manhattan is expected to CLOSE DOWN immigration operations!
This comes just days after Elon Musk’s DOGE discovered $80 MILLION DOLLARS in FEMA payments going to housing illegal migrants in luxury hotels.
WINNING!!! pic.twitter.com/hPIFZpktbM
Betcha it doesn’t look like this anymore!
This is the hotel that FEMA dumped millions into for illegal aliens. As a Delta pilot, I stayed at the Roosevelt hundreds of times on layovers. Your money went to housing illegals for this now Pakistani-owned property. Thank you @DOGE for the heads up. pic.twitter.com/9v0ymniAMo
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) February 10, 2025