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EsKayNYC t1_j4qu8pc wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Adams signs $275M deal with NYC hotels to house migrants by deathhand

All good points! Again, I’m not an expert on this topic but remember the blight of the last such plan. Hotel occupancy seems to be on a rebound, at least in Manhattan. Major events are mostly back or starting to come back that previously put a strain on affordable hotel options. If the city actually starts enforcing AirBNB regulations, hotel occupancy demand will increase with all the illegal AirBNB housing going back into the long-term rental pool. A double win.

I guess a middle-ground option will be to find hotels and motels in the outskirts of the city and in Long Island and Northern suburbs. There are hotels and motels in greater financial needs there. The state needs to carry its share of the burden which is unfairly put on NYC by other states.

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Pool_Shark t1_j4s1hi4 wrote

The mayor of NYC doesn’t have justification over hotels in the suburbs.

Deblasio already turned a lot of hotels in the outer boros into homeless shelters so my guess is they needed to find other areas of the city to exploit

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Evening_Presence_927 t1_j4r4vxo wrote

> Again, I’m not an expert on this topic but remember the blight of the last such plan

So why the fuck should we listen to you if you aren’t an expert?

Do you even live in the city?

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