{"id":2262038,"date":"2024-06-07T08:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-in-5-nyc-hotels-is-now-an-illegal-migrant-shelter-driving-up-prices\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T08:24:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:24:07","slug":"1-in-5-nyc-hotels-is-now-an-illegal-migrant-shelter-driving-up-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-in-5-nyc-hotels-is-now-an-illegal-migrant-shelter-driving-up-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"One out of every five NYC hotels is currently operating as an unauthorized migrant shelter, leading to increased prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F1-in-5-nyc-hotels-is-now-an-illegal-migrant-shelter-driving-up-prices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Summer tourists in New York City are facing soaring lodging\u2063 costs as hotels are repurposed as migrant \u2063shelters, with average room rates \u2063hitting a record-high of $301 per \u2062night. The city&#8217;s commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-army-drafted-in-to-build-camps-for-illegal-migrants\/\" title=\"British Army Drafted in to Build Camps For Illegal Migrants\">housing illegal migrants<\/a> has led to \u2062price hikes, exacerbated by government\u200c subsidies \u2062to hotels hosting migrants, causing scarcity and inflated prices during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-activists-pour-charcoal-in-trevi-fountain-turning-it-black\/\" title=\"Activists turn Trevi Fountain black with charcoal.\">peak tourist seasons<\/a>. Summer tourists in New\u200c York City are grappling with escalating lodging expenses as hotels transition into migrant shelters, pushing average room rates to a\u200d peak of $301 per night. The surge \u2064in prices stems from the city&#8217;s support for housing illegal migrants, amplified by government subsidies to migrant-hosting hotels, resulting in shortages and inflated costs during high tourist seasons.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Summer tourists in New York City face unprecedented lodging costs as hotels throughout the city are being repurposed as migrant housing.<\/p>\n<p>The average price for a hotel room in the city, based on 2023 data, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/25\/nyregion\/hotels-prices-migrants-nyc.html\">record-breaking $301<\/a> per night, an 8.5 percent increase from 2022 costs. This rise in prices is largely due to the city\u2019s gross overcommitment to providing shelter for the influx of illegal migrants flooding the city.<\/p>\n<p>A recent change to Gotham\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/investigations\/migrant-crisis\/nyc-right-to-shelter-rule-settled\/5228845\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">right to shelter<\/a>\u201d rule allows adult illegal migrants under the age of 23 to stay up to 60 days in city-run shelters. Originally, migrants were granted 30 days of government-subsidized housing with the ability to reapply for an extended stay.<\/p>\n<p>The city pays hotels to host thousands of migrants, which creates a lodging shortage and exorbitant prices for visitors. Skyrocketing hotel costs are a direct result of this government-created scarcity \u2014 with fewer hotel rooms to go around, costs inevitably increase, especially during the summer tourism boom. And of course, hotels have been quick to gobble up the city\u2019s migrant-housing subsidy money over the past couple of years, after the government\u2019s Covid lockdowns minimized travel and dried up their stream of income. Now NYC tourism is back in full force \u2014 but hotel availability is not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York City has led the nation in responding to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/panama-official-say-terrorists-are-trying-to-enter-u-s-through-southern-border-disguised-as-migrants\/\" title=\"Panama official say terrorists are trying to enter U.S. through southern border disguised as migrants\">national humanitarian crisis<\/a>, providing shelter and care to approximately 183,000 new arrivals since the spring of 2022, but we have been clear, from day one, that the \u2018Right to Shelter\u2019 was never intended to apply to a population larger than most U.S. cities descending on the five boroughs in less than two years,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/200-24\/mayor-adams-agreement-the-legal-aid-society-callahan-right-shelter-#:~:text=%E2%80%9CNew%20York%20City%20has%20led,larger%20than%20most%20U.S.%20cities\">said<\/a> New York City Mayor Eric Adams.<\/p>\n<p>NYC\u2019s Department of Homeless Services sent out a memo in October 2022 \u201cseeking appropriately qualified vendor(s) to identify and operate units for the City Sanctuary Facilities (\u2018Facilities\u2019) programs that will be used to house asylum seeking families and individuals in New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>As of November, more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.costar.com\/article\/1900939477\/more-than-16000-nyc-hotel-rooms-used-to-accommodate-unhoused-migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">16,000 hotel rooms<\/a> are reportedly being used to house migrants and other homeless people. That\u2019s 140 hotels off the market for travelers. As CoStar reports, most of the hotels qualify as \u201cmidscale or economy,\u201d meaning the types of hotels middle-class Americans might choose for their vacation to the Big Apple. Tourists are subsequently forced to choose more expensive lodging options, and with fewer hotels available, demand and thus prices are up across the board.<\/p>\n<p>Sanctuary hotels also offer social freebies, according to the city\u2019s Department of Homeless Services. Many hotels provide bilingual operational support services, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tax-hikes-hitting-resistance\/\" title=\"Biden Tax Hikes Hitting Resistance\">including child care<\/a>, job training, computer access, personal care items, and laundry service. Migrants can also receive trauma or mental health counseling.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, illegal aliens are receiving \u201cfree\u201d services at their \u201cfree\u201d hotel shelters while many Americans struggle to make ends meet. The program feels reminiscent of socialist-style government projects, with American taxpayers forced to cough up their hard-earned dollars for the sake of unwelcome border crossers.<\/p>\n<p>According to The New York Times, NYC signed a $980 million contract for its \u201cSanctuary Hotel Program\u201d \u2014 \u201cwhich runs until Aug. 31 and is likely to be renewed.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Kamden Mulder is a summer intern at The Federalist. She is a senior at Hillsdale College pursuing a degree in American Studies and Journalism.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourists in NYC this summer encounter soaring accommodation expenses. NYC hotels are now migrant shelters, raising average room rates to a new high of $301 per night based on 2023 data. This marks an 8.5% surge from 2022 prices, primarily attributed to the conversion of hotels into temporary migrant housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3160,"featured_media":2262039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Beautiful_NYC_skyline_Unsplash.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Beautiful_NYC_skyline_Unsplash.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}