The billion-dollar revelation surfaced during a City Council hearing last week when Councilwoman Julie Won asked officials with Adams' administration about the extension of its contract with the Hotel Association of New York City from the current $237 million for 2023 to the eye-popping $1.365 billion through August 2026.
The hotel association is the fiscal agent that doles out the city rental fees to individual hotels that have agreed to take in migrants.
DSS Commissioner Molly Wassow Park responded, "We have dramatically slowed the pace of growth of our hotel footprint. But we also know it will take some time to transition to other kinds of shelters. julie won Councilwoman Julie Won asked why city officials decided to renew the contract for several years. Stefan Jeremiah for New York Post"So we are extending those hotel contracts.
The union representing 31,000 hotel workers - the Hotel Trades Council - was one of the first unions to endorse his campaign for mayor in March 2021.
NYC Hotel Association CEO Vijay Dandapani said he hasn't seen the contract-extension details yet but added that the projected $1 billion-plus cost could significantly decrease if the migrant population drops and fewer hotels are needed.
HOTEL The hotel association is the fiscal agent that doles out the city rental fees to individual hotels that have agreed to take in migrants.
Robert Miller HOTEL The revised contract's projected new total $1.365 billion price tag would pay the rental fees to more than 100 hotels converted into emergency migrant shelters.
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