NYC REPORTEDLY SEEKING 14,000 HOTEL ROOMS FOR MIGRANTS, TO SPEND OVER $2 BILLION

New York City reportedly seeking 14,000 hotel rooms for migrants, to spend over $2 billion as crisis rages on
October 10, 2024 | Jason Hopkins 

New York City officials are reportedly looking to keep thousands of hotel rooms available for illegal migrants as the crisis in the Big Apple rages on, according to the New York Post.

The city’s Department of Homeless Services is seeking a contract with local hotels to provide roughly 14,000 rooms in order to shelter migrants through 2025, according to a report from the New York Post. The city anticipates spending on migrants in need of housing for the current fiscal year and the past two years combined will surpass $2.3 billion, with a significant amount of these costs going toward hotel rent. Read more at New York City reportedly seeking 14,000 hotel rooms for migrants, to spend over $2 billion as crisis rages on (bizpacreview.com)

“The taxpayers can’t pay for this indefinitely,” Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute think tank, said to the Post. “We should stop using hotels as shelters by the end of the year.”