Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has quietly inked a roughly $1.86 billion, three-year deal with the city’s hotel trade group to keep thousands of rooms on standby for emergency shelter. The pact effectively locks hotels into New York City’s safety net for years and revives the model the city leaned on during the height of the migrant influx. City Hall says it is future-proofing shelter capacity for the next crisis, while advocates warn the move risks turning hotels into a semi-permanent arm of the shelter system.
Deal details and city response
According to the New York Post, the three-year agreement is with the Hotel Association of New York City Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the powerful hotel trade group, and is valued at about $1.86…..