Migrant families and their children began packing up and leaving their homeless shelter at the Row Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning, saying goodbye to the place they’ve called home since arriving in the city more than a year ago.

Dozens of parents were lined up outside the Row, one of the city’s emergency shelters for migrant families, around 6:30 a.m., waiting for school buses to take their children to school. Bundled up kids purchased chips and juice at a nearby newsstand as a police van was parked on the street. One family carrying bags and suitcases was seen jumping into an Uber.

Most families said they had received official 60-day notices to vacate the shelter by dates in January. 

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