That's 20% of the total hotels in the city.
This is based on an article from the NYT explaining why hotels are so expensive in NYC right now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/nyregion/hotels-prices-migrants-nyc.html
This is based on an article from the NYT explaining why hotels are so expensive in NYC right now.
Quote:
The average daily rate for a hotel stay in New York City increased to $301.61 in 2023, up 8.5 percent from $277.92 in 2022, according to CoStar, a leading provider of commercial real estate data and analysis. During the first three months of 2024, when prices traditionally dip, the average stay was still 6.7 percent higher than during the same time period last year: $230.79 a night, up from $216.38 in 2023.
The use of city hotels for migrants represents a loss of 16,532 hotel rooms, leaving 121,677 hotel rooms for travelers, according to data compiled by CoStar, a leading provider of commercial real estate data and analysis.
Holy shlit. 135 out the 680 hotels in NYC are now shelters for illegal immigrants. pic.twitter.com/ka5izUZkFw
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 3, 2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/nyregion/hotels-prices-migrants-nyc.html