Over 1,000 migrants living in taxpayer-funded upstate new york hotels are being told they must leave by the end of the year as a contract with a housing provider is set to expire, according to reports.

New York moved migrants to Albany as the city struggled to cope with an unprecedented wave of migrants arriving in the Big Apple under the Biden-Harris administration, but now immigrants have been told they must look elsewhere for accommodation.

In a letter shared with CBS6 Albany, New York City wrote to migrants staying at hotels like the Holiday Inn Express on Broadway informing them of the decision and offering them free transportation as well as help with “next steps.”

NEW YORK CITY’S MIGRANT CRISIS COSTS EXPECTED TO TOP $5 BILLION IN TWO YEARS – DOUBLE TO $10 BILLION BY 2025

Suspected immigrants line up outside the East Village compound, which has been converted into a city-run shelter for newly arrived migrant families in New York City on December 4, 2023. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“If you don’t have an exit plan by December, the only shelter option that New York City can offer will be a temporary placement in New York City. It is important to note that shelter stays in New York City are limited in time (30 or 60 days) and you may not qualify for additional shelter time,” the letter states.

Migrants will be transferred to state or local housing programs, transported to friends or relatives New York City or brought back to the city’s arrival center for asylum seekers, Tommy Meara, a spokesman for DocGo, the company contracted to house the migrants until Dec. 31, told the Times Union.

The publication reports that New York City Mayor Eric Adams The bureau planned to move the remaining 1,800 migrants staying in upstate hotels into permanent housing by the end of the year, including through voluntary state-funded programs. In July, the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance reported that 415 families had been moved to permanent housing outside New York City, including 114 in Albany County, according to the Times Union.

NEW YORK CITY’S MIGRANT CRISIS COSTS EXPECTED TO TOP $5 BILLION IN TWO YEARS – DOUBLE TO $10 BILLION BY 2025

Mayor Eric Adams, flanked by city commissioners, is pictured during the week-long non-issue news conference in the Blue Room of City Hall, Nov. 21, 2023. During the news conference, Adams discussed recent budget cuts, the migrant crisis and recent FBI raids on people connected to his mayoral campaign. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News via Getty Images)

The news comes as Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says members of the deadly Tren de Aragua gang have spread across the state capital.

“So we haven’t seen the real signs that Tren de Aragua is here,” Apple told CBS6. “I know there are many Venezuelan migrants here. You can see it right in the street, actually, but if anyone thinks that Tren de Aragua is not here, they are being misled, there is no doubt that it is here.”

The bloodthirsty gang committed crimes in several US states

New York City’s migrant crisis has put immense strain on the city’s shelter system and coffers, as the sanctuary city continues to spend billions on the fallout from the border crisis.

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Migrants who arrived from Eagle Pass, Texas, walk to shelters at Floyd Bennett Field in the Brooklyn borough of New York on February 3, 2024. A migrant camp has been set up at Floyd Bennett Field, a former military airport. (Charly TRIBALLEAU/AFP)

The city’s use of hotels to house migrants will continue despite a significant drop in migrant encounters at the southern border, and the Department of Homeless Services is seeking a contract with hotels to provide a total of 14,000 rooms to house migrants, RIGHT New York Post.

The station reported that housing spending over the three-year period will top $2.3 billion, with most of that spent on hotel rent. Spending on the migrant crisis is expected to exceed $5 billion, and Mayor Eric Adams previously said costs could rise to more than $10 billion by the end of the next fiscal year. Previous estimates put that number even higher.

At an average of $352 per night for at least 36,939 households, the city previously estimated it would spend $4.75 billion to provide shelter, food, health care and education for the influx of migrants during fiscal year 2025, according to current projections from the online migration tracker funding of the city’s asylum seekers.

In August, the city announced two new contracts totaling $40 million for contractors service migrants at hotels used as emergency shelters.

Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.