_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
New York City will close its last major migrant hotel, Row NYC, after its contract expires next April.
The city has paid the hotel’s owners over $170 million since October 2022 to house illegal migrants, an arrangement costing taxpayers more than $5 million per month.
Mayor Eric Adams (I) calls the closure a milestone in managing the crisis, but the move comes only after a dramatic drop in arrivals from the southern border.
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