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SHOCKING REASON WHY NYC HOTEL ROOMS HAVE GOTTEN SO EXPENSIVE - WITH AVERAGE ROOM
NOW COSTING $300 A NIGHT

By Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com and Associated Press 07:04 26 May 2024,
updated 07:08 26 May 2024


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 * Hotels were up eight percent last year to $301.61 per night per room 
 * The migrant crisis is blamed, as thousands of hotel rooms are now shelters 
 * Mayor Eric Adams claims the issue is that tourism has spiked of late 

As families worldwide plan their summer vacations, the average hotel room in New
York City is now over $300 a night, because so many of them have had to take up
business as shelters for migrants. 

With about 135 of the city's nearly 700 hotels being used as part of the shelter
program, the average day rate for a hotel in the Big Apple rose eight percent
from $277.92 in 2022 to $301.61 in 2023 as the supply of rooms slumps.

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That means a large family plotting their summer vacation in the city could be
spending in the thousands just for somewhere to stay.  



In the first three months of each year, hotel rates typically drop but in the
first quarter of 2024, the average room went for $230.79 a night, a rise from
$216.38 for the same period last year. 

It comes New York City stepped up its efforts to push migrants out of its
overwhelmed shelters Wednesday as it began enforcing a new rule that limits some
adult asylum-seekers to a month in the system before they have to find a bed on
their own.

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As families worldwide plan their summer vacations, the average hotel room in New
York City is now over $300 a night, because so many of them - like The Row NYC
Hotel at Times Square - have had to take up business as shelters for migrants

Migrants without young children must now move out of the hotels, tent complexes
and other shelter facilities run by the city and find other housing after 30
days - or 60 days for those aged 18-23 - unless they provide proof of
'extenuating circumstances' and are granted an exemption.

According to the New York Times, the hotels participating in the program get
$185 per night per room from the city.

The city has lost over 16,000 hotel rooms over the program to tourists, with
just 121,677 remaining. That number is already 2,812 fewer than how many there
were before the pandemic. 

Keeping hotel rooms scarce, none of the hotels who applied to the program - like
the four-star Row NYC Hotel in Times Square or the Roosevelt near Grand Central
- have returned to how they did business before the crisis. 

Because of that, four-star hotels like citizenM in Times Square are charging at
least $389 a night for a room, according to Hotels.com.

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At least 22 hotels are in Midtown Manhattan, which includes Times Square, the
Grand Central Terminal and the Empire State Building. 

A three-star joint like Staypineapple is still going for no lower than $308 per
night per room. 

The huge price hikes will hit average income families finding that a mid-range
hotel room now costs close to what a luxury stay would have cost pre-crisis.  

'I really believe it's enabled two-, two-and-a-half-star hotels to be a little
more emboldened, to take advantage of the situation and charge prices that
perhaps they wouldn't otherwise be able to,' said Sean Hennessey, a hotel
industry adviser and clinical associate professor at New York University. 

Further increasing demand for hotels is a city-wide ban on short-term Airbnb
rentals, with most of those properties now only available for stays of 30 days
or more, which rules out almost all tourist bookings.  

Four-star hotels like citizenM in Times Square are charging at least $389 a
night for a room A three-star joint like Staypineapple is still going for no
lower than $308 per night per room

Mayor Eric Adams, on the other hand, sees it differently, saying that tourism
interest in the city has increased prices in a statement.

'The return of tourists to New York City is reflected at hotels as well, where
demand is up,' the statement said. 

'New York City is safer, cleaner and, as the numbers show, continues to be one
of the most popular destinations in the United States.' 

As of late Wednesday, 192 migrants had applied for an extension after hitting
their limit, and 118 had been approved, Mayor Eric Adams´ office said. Thousands
more are expected to receive eviction notices in the coming months.

The new restrictions came after Adams' administration in March succeeded in
altering the city´s unique ' right to shelter ' rule requiring it to provide
temporary housing for every homeless person who asks for it.

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Before the new rule came into effect, adult migrants without children were still
limited to 30 days in a shelter, but they were able to immediately reapply for a
new bed with no questions asked.

The city also restricts migrant families with young children to 60-day stays,
but they aren´t impacted by the new rule and can still reapply without providing
any justification.

Still, an audit found that the rollout was 'haphazard,' over the past six months

Mayor Eric Adams, on the other hand, sees it differently, saying that tourism
interest in the city has increased prices in a statement Migrant families leave
for a walk to school in front of the Row Hotel that serves as migrant shelter

Immigrant rights and homeless advocates say they´re closely monitoring the
eviction process, which impacts some 15,000 migrant adults. The city shelter
system currently houses about 65,000 migrants, but many of those are families
with kids.

Adams, a Democrat, on Tuesday pushed back at critics who have called the city´s
increasingly restrictive migrant shelter rules inhumane and haphazardly rolled
out, saying the city simply can´t keep housing migrants indefinitely. 

New York City has provided temporary housing to nearly 200,000 migrants since
the spring of 2022, with more than a thousand new arrivals coming to the city
each week, he noted.

'People said it´s inhumane to put people out during the wintertime, so now they
say it´s inhumane to do it in the summertime,' Adams said. 'There´s no good
time. There's no good time.'

The move comes as Denver, another city that´s seen an influx of migrants,
embarks on an ambitious migrant support program that includes six-month
apartment stays and intensive job preparation for those who can´t yet legally
work. 

Meanwhile Chicago has imposed 60-day shelter limits on adult migrants with no
option for renewal, and Massachusetts has capped stays for families to nine
months, starting in June.

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Adams had asked a court in October to suspend the 'right to shelter' requirement
entirely, but the move was opposed by immigrant rights and homeless advocacy
groups. In March, they settled, with an agreement that set the new rules for
migrants.

The agreement still allows for city officials to grant extensions on shelter
stays on a case-by-case basis.

New York City has provided temporary housing to nearly 200,000 migrants since
the spring of 2022, with more than a thousand new arrivals coming to the city
each week, he noted Keeping hotel rooms scarce, none of the hotels who applied
to the program - like the four-star Row NYC Hotel in Times Square or the
Roosevelt near Grand Central (pictured) - have returned to how they did business
before the crisis

City officials say migrants need to show they´re making 'significant efforts to
resettle,' such as applying for work authorization or asylum, or searching for a
job or an apartment.

Migrants can also get an extension if they can prove they have plans to move out
of the city within 30 days, have an upcoming immigration-related hearing or have
a serious medical procedure or are recovering from one.

Migrants between the ages of 18 and 20 years old can also get extensions if
they´re enrolled full-time in high school.

New York City appears to be bracing for a 'summer surge' of migrants as some
asylum seekers have reportedly been abruptly transferred from their shelters. 

The Department of Homeless Services handed out notices to migrant families
staying at shelters in Brooklyn on Tuesday, warning them they had 24 to 48 hours
to relocate.

Win, the Big Apple's largest provider of family shelter, said they started
receiving a list from the city of clients who will be transferred into hotels
for migrants nearly two weeks ago.

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As families worldwide plan their summer vacations, the average hotel room in New
York City is now over $300 a night, because so many of them - like The Row NYC
Hotel at Times Square - have had to take up business as shelters for migrants
2 / 7
Four-star hotels like citizenM in Times Square are charging at least $389 a
night for a room
3 / 7
A three-star joint like Staypineapple is still going for no lower than $308 per
night per room
4 / 7
Mayor Eric Adams, on the other hand, sees it differently, saying that tourism
interest in the city has increased prices in a statement
5 / 7
Migrant families leave for a walk to school in front of the Row Hotel that
serves as migrant shelter
6 / 7
New York City has provided temporary housing to nearly 200,000 migrants since
the spring of 2022, with more than a thousand new arrivals coming to the city
each week, he noted
7 / 7
Keeping hotel rooms scarce, none of the hotels who applied to the program - like
the four-star Row NYC Hotel in Times Square or the Roosevelt near Grand Central
(pictured) - have returned to how they did business before the crisis



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