NYC could spend $300M annually to house migrants in hotels: analysisBy Nolan Hicks
August 22, 2022
The Big Apple could be on the hook for more than $300 million per year to provide shelter space in hotels for newly arrived migrants, a Post analysis shows.
City officials have either rented or announced plans to secure roughly 5,800 hotel rooms over the last month in response to the influx from the southern border, which quickly overwhelmed the already-strained homeless shelter system.
One of the largest operations is planned for the ROW NYC hotel on 8th Avenue in Midtown, where officials are looking to rent as many as 600 rooms and provide intake and other services for the recent arrivals.
Officials said Monday they were evaluating four proposals to run the site.
Records show the ROW was previously used by city officials to provide shelter as part of a $139 million contract the Department of Homeless Services inked in January 2021, in which City Hall shelled out an average of $147.67 per day in rent.
* * *
Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/08/22/nyc-could-spend-300m-annually-to-house-migrants-in-hotels-analysis/