New York City is planning to house newly arrived migrants in the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. So instead of being a symbol of New York’s post-pandemic resurgence, the reopening has become a sign of Mayor Adams’s failure to lead on his administration’s biggest emergency to date.Īdams didn’t create the border crisis, of course. The reopening should be a sign of New York’s post-2020 progress - except that it’s opening not to paying customers but to migrants crossing the southwest US border and making their way north in search of New York City’s free no-questions-asked shelter. Though worn with age, the hotel, before the pandemic, garnered praise from travelers: a quiet, reliable property with a low-three-figures-a-night price tag.
Thomas Dewey when he prematurely declared victory over Harry Truman in the 1948 presidential election, and served as Mayor-elect John Lindsay’s victory stage and transition headquarters in 1965. The stately mid-rise limestone and brick edifice - designed as part of Grand Central Terminal’s Terminal City complex, just steps from the North American long-distance train hub - was home to Guy Lombardo’s band for three decades, hosted New York Gov. The Roosevelt Hotel, celebrating its centennial next year, has earned a place in Gotham history.
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