Some were led to believe that the hotels offering shelter to migrants were on some philanthropic mission. Quite the contrary as these hotels were paid by their respective Sanctuary Cities with taxpayer funds. Marriott International is now suing one of its franchisees for breaching their contract by collaborating with New York City to turn the hotel into a migrant shelter.
The Aloft and Element hotel in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens managed to fill every room in its establishment after partnering with New York City. The franchisee, Pride Hotel LLC, failed to notify Marriott that it was converting its establishment. The average room was prices at $156 per night but some reports state the city paid up to $300 per night. Marriott claims that the “lucrative contract” resulted in “significant harm” to the establishment and is seeking $2.6 million in damages.
American taxpayers funded the migrant shelters. The media misled the public into believing that big businesses simply made room out of the goodness of their hearts to house these illegal persons. Yet, New York City spent an estimated $4.88 billion in taxpayer funds throughout the past few years on illegals, with up to $2 billion being spent on migrant shelters. About 80% of the shelters, 153 of the 193 in the Big Apple, were hosted by hotels.
We leave our veterans and homeless on the streets to rot. These Sanctuary Cities have spent untold amounts on promoting open border policies and question why their city budgets are imploding. Absolutely nothing has been done to curb the migrant crisis in New York City and we should only expect the situation to worsen if the open border candidate remains in power.
