Next NYC multiple fatality fire disaster

[Capttomo]

After you read this article many will be infuriated over multiple issues mentioned in it…..but in keeping the focus on the fire service , these buildings are ripe for a disaster, cooking with oil and hot plates on the carpeted floor of hotel rooms, disabling smoke detectors, occupants sedated with alcohol. I feel sorry for the members in the Manhattan companies that will have to deal with pulling the bodies out

‘Tons’ of food gets tossed daily by NYC hotel because migrants won’t eat it

Disturbing photos show garbage bags full of sandwiches and bagels awaiting disposal at the four-star Row NYC hotel near Times Square where migrants are being housed.

nypost.com

 

[68jk09]

^^^ This is a serious issue........... does anybody remember the old commercials extolling the luxury at this former Milford Plaza Hotel ?.

 

[scoobyd]

the lullaby of Broadway!

 

[68jk09]

^^^^^

 

[entropychaser]

One of the reasons that beloved Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry got jammed up back in the 80's-90's: his administration was stashing citizens that got burned out of their apartments in private housing owned by political cronies. As I recall at $190 per day.

I got to watch Marion Barry glad-hand the lunch crowd of business men at Duke Zeibert's on Connecticut Avenue...greeted like the conquering hero! He was having lunch with heavyweight boxing champ Riddick Bowe and anti-Vietnam War protester/comedian/Presidential candidate Dick Gregory. I'm still laughing.

 

[entropychaser]

^^^^^

Hey! I thought the milkman was coming.

 

[68jk09]

Mayor signs $275 million deal with hotels to house migrants​

By David Lazar New York City
PUBLISHED 2:00 PM ET Jan. 15, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams has agreed to a $275 million contract with the Hotel Association of New York City to house at least 5,000 migrants, according to the organization's president, Vijay Dandapani.
It is unclear how many hotels will participate, but Dandapani says the hotels will be doing so voluntarily. And he added that the six-month agreement with the city could be extended.
"The contract is for hotels that are voluntarily looking to participate in providing rooms for migrants, and that is really all there is to it," Dandapani said.
The New York Post first reported the deal.
Dandapani does not expect high-end hotels to sign up to house migrants. Instead, hotels with vacancies will likely be better fits.
"There are no gold-plated rooms that are being given away contrary to any reports that you may have seen," Dandapani said.
The Hotel Association of New York City is a nonprofit that represents nearly 300 city hotels with 80,000 rooms. According to Dandapani, the group signed a $750 million contract with former Mayor Bill de Blasio to house homeless New Yorkers in 75 hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dandapani thinks this recent deal could help both migrants and hotels. There are hotels — both big and small — that have not been able to recover from the pandemic.
"[COVID-19] hit us in a more adverse fashion than almost any city in the United States," Dandapani said. "[Hotels] have not recovered."
Since many workers have not fully returned to the office, there has been less business travel and meetings, according to Dandapani.
"If you don't have people in the office buildings, you are not going to have meetings. And if you don't have meetings with people from out of town, you are not going to have hotel beds that are taken up," Dandapani said.

 

[entropychaser]

Mayor signs $275 million deal with hotels to house migrants​

By David Lazar New York City
PUBLISHED 2:00 PM ET Jan. 15, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams has agreed to a $275 million contract with the Hotel Association of New York City to house at least 5,000 migrants, according to the organization's president, Vijay Dandapani.
It is unclear how many hotels will participate, but Dandapani says the hotels will be doing so voluntarily. And he added that the six-month agreement with the city could be extended.
"The contract is for hotels that are voluntarily looking to participate in providing rooms for migrants, and that is really all there is to it," Dandapani said.
The New York Post first reported the deal.
Dandapani does not expect high-end hotels to sign up to house migrants. Instead, hotels with vacancies will likely be better fits.
"There are no gold-plated rooms that are being given away contrary to any reports that you may have seen," Dandapani said.
The Hotel Association of New York City is a nonprofit that represents nearly 300 city hotels with 80,000 rooms. According to Dandapani, the group signed a $750 million contract with former Mayor Bill de Blasio to house homeless New Yorkers in 75 hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dandapani thinks this recent deal could help both migrants and hotels. There are hotels — both big and small — that have not been able to recover from the pandemic.
"[COVID-19] hit us in a more adverse fashion than almost any city in the United States," Dandapani said. "[Hotels] have not recovered."
Since many workers have not fully returned to the office, there has been less business travel and meetings, according to Dandapani.
"If you don't have people in the office buildings, you are not going to have meetings. And if you don't have meetings with people from out of town, you are not going to have hotel beds that are taken up," Dandapani said.

I see that Mayor Adams just visited El Paso del Norte for the "clean sidewalks" photo op tour. He didn't offer do anything to solve the problem; like take some illegals home with him.