41 people have been arrested at NYC’s migrant Roosevelt Hotel since May — most for domestic violence: sources

41 people have been arrested at NYC’s migrant Roosevelt Hotel since May — most for domestic violence: sources
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At least 41 people have been arrested at the Roosevelt Hotel since the city turned the former swanky Prohibition-era hotel into a migrant shelter in May, The Post has learned.

Most of the alleged crimes stemmed from domestic-violence incidents, law-enforcement sources said Sunday.

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The troubling figure surfaced a day after a 30-year-old migrant at the Manhattan hotel-turned-shelter was arrested for alleged child endangerment.

He was taken into custody just before 9 p.m. Saturday at the hotel at 45 E. 45th St.

His alleged victim was his 11-year-old daughter, according to police sources.

Sources said the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office later declined to prosecute.

The DA’s office did not immediately respond to a Post request for comment Sunday.

Other arrests at the site have included an asylum seeker accused of bashing an employee in the head with a “No Parking” sign in June after the worker chucked him from the building for being unruly.

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Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel was so overwhelmed with migrants this past summer that dozens of asylum seekers were forced to sleep on cardboard on the sidewalk outside.
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The worker ended up with a 6-inch gash on his head — and Mayor Eric Adams made an unannounced visit to the hotel within days to survey the situation himself.

Some other migrant shelters have had issues, too.

A 20-year-old migrant woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly slapping an NYPD officer who was attempting to confiscate her unregistered motorbike in front of the Stratford Arms Hotel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

The woman — who also had been arrested in July for allegedly attacking her boyfriend — was freed without bail the next day, as per state law.


Crowds of migrants flood NYC looking for asylum.
Many of the calls from the hotel have been for domestic violence, sources said.
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The Roosevelt had come under scrutiny over the summer when sobering video surfaced showing dozens of migrants sleeping on cardboard on the sidewalk outside because of the overwhelming number of asylum seekers flooding the city.

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Some local businesses have bemoaned the situation.

“These migrants here, they are disturbing us a lot,’’ said George Boahene, a store manager at the men’s suit store Sayki down the block, to The Post on Sunday.


Asylum seekers sleeping on the streets.
The Roosevelt recently reached capacity, leaving disturbing sights such as migrants sleeping on the street.
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Migrants walking in NYC.
Tens of thousands of migrants have come to New York City since spring 2022.
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Asylum seekers sleeping on the streets.
The hotel-turned-makeshift shelter has been struggling to juggle the load of migrants.
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“They are always hanging around scratching the windows and making the windows dirty. … It’s not good for the business.’’

But he said he was unaware of the crimes being allegedly committed at the hotel.

A security guard at the hotel said, “A lot of these people are immigrants and they work for Uber Eats.

“They pretty much just stay here and take care of their kids.

“The only thing that’s really bad around here is parking,’’ the worker said. “You know, a lot of tickets.”

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