Home News Amid crackdown on homeless peopl... Amid crackdown on homeless people in the subway and encampments, city to close shelter in Financial District Posted on April 25, 2022 by Zoe Johnson New York City plans to move homeless people out of a former hotel in the Financial District and end its “long-term use” of the property as a shelter, a spokesperson for the city agency that oversees homeless services confirmed to Gothamist.