Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations

Re:Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations by nostromo on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:32PM (#38309661)

NYC is housing migrants in hotel rooms that it pays for.

Some hotels are charging the city $300 a night.

A billion here, a billion there... pretty soon you're talking real money.

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Re:Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations by gosub100 on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:33PM (#38309693)

Wonder why they don't include AirBnB in that? Oh, yeah, I forgot, they're totally not a hotel, right?

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Re:Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations by nostromo on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:36PM (#38309758)

AirBNB is all but banned in NYC.

So the hotels are full of migrants, not tourists, and there are few other options, which further hurts the local economy.

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Re:Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations by woodruffw on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:50PM (#38310066)

Tourism numbers are rapidly approaching pre-pandemic highs[1], with the main inertia being Asian tourism, not a lack of hotel availability.

The city really shouldn't be attempting to house migrants in midtown Manhattan, but doing so isn't actually appearing to hurt tourism numbers.

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Re:Sunday service suspended at all NYPL locations by lapphi on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:10PM (#38310379)

Why does it cost so much? Seems strange that the city is unable to negotiate better rates if these hotels are struggling

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