During the Biden administration, Adams routinely blamed the White House for the rising number of asylum seekers in New York City. He said his indictment on federal corruption charges last year — which have since been dropped at the request of the Trump administration — was in retaliation to his criticism of Biden.

Mayor Eric Adams announced that the Row NYC, a hotel in Times Square, would stop sheltering migrants by April, as the migrant crisis continued to subside.

New York City's last migrant hotel will be closing in the coming months, Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday. The city started using the Row Hotel on Eighth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen as an emergency shelter for migrants and asylum seekers in 2022.