Albany — Hundreds of asylum seekers staying in hotels in Albany have been told they need to leave by December 31st. They have been offered temporary placement in a New York City shelter as their only option, stays in New York City shelters are limited to 30 or 60 days.

In the document migrants received, New York City says they will have staff on hand to help support individuals take their next step, potentially providing transportation to a permanent destination.

One individual CBS6 spoke with called it a potential "massive public health crisis", concerned about the wellbeing of more than 1000 people released in the middle of the winter.

With the population vulnerable, and desperate, some are also concerned about the influence of members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua criminal organization. Advocates tell CBS they believe "bad actors" could prey upon, or harm, asylum seekers facing hardship.

Those concerns come after two individuals were arrested by Rensselaer Police this week in connection to a Connecticut homicide investigation.

"They were fairly cooperative, they had two children with them, they didn't resist it all, they weren't combative at all, there was a language barrier,"Warren Famiglietti, Chief of Police at the City of Rensselaer Police Department says. "Some markings on their bodies that is consistent with Tren de Aragua."

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says they haven't seen an increase in crime where immigrants have settled in Albany County, but does have concerns about the future.

"So I haven't seen like, the actual signs indicating like Tren de Aragua is here," he says. "I know there's a lot of Venezuelan migrants here. You can see that right up the street, actually, but if anybody thinks that Tren de Aragua is not here, is being misled, there's no doubt they're here."

Now, advocates are pushing New York City officials, and the State, to provide for a solution in order to avoid impacts on asylum seekers and residents in the Capital Region area.