After arriving to much fanfare and controversy a year and a half ago, migrants living at Hudson Valley hotels are moving out, as New York City leaders scale back emergency shelter operations outside the city.

Of the more than 200 migrants New York City Mayor Eric Adams placed at two Newburgh hotels, the last three boarded a bus bound for a shelter in the city.

A city spokesperson said most had already found family or friends to live with and that the number of new people seeking shelter placement has decreased each week.

The spokesperson added that the trend change is partly due to quality resettlement and case management programs.

“We’re coming to the end of something," said Orange County Legislator Kevindaryan Lujan, who has been an advocate for the asylum seekers at the Crossroads Hotel off Route 17K. The asylum seekers — all men — arrived in May 2023 to receive a cold and hostile welcome from the community.

Many public officials and residents were concerned that the asylum seekers would commit crimes.

Newburgh town officials said there has been one police report taken at the Crossroads since the asylum seekers arrived, but it is unclear whether or not that incident involved any of the asylum seekers.

Lujan said that this information should cause some people to rethink their views on migrants.

“We’re hopeful that some people may have seen the light," Lujan said in a Zoom interview Friday, "but if anything, what we’re seeing in the country is a lot of division.”

Newburgh Town Supervisor Gil Piaquadio and other local officials have told News 12 their main problem was that New York City officials would not share basic information about the migrants they were busing here.

Piaquadio said he wanted to help the migrants. He said he did not have much information to start with.

“New York City would not give us a name of who the individuals were," Piaquadio said during an interview at his office Friday afternoon. "All they went under was a number.”

He said the asylum seekers who just left the two Newburgh hotels are welcome to come back to live in the town.

“My wish would be that they can all stay and find jobs or whatever, or throughout the state," he said, "but I’m not sure of that situation.”

New York City officials said they will make more trips in the coming weeks to relocate about 900 migrants back to the city.

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said he was told the migrants staying at the Red Roof Inn in Dutchess County are going to be taken by bus to New York City on Monday. Those staying at hotels in Albany County are going to be picked up on Thursday, Neuhaus said.