Why the F would hotels agree to this in the first place??
With shelter in place and quarantines they might not have had any business.
By allowing their rooms to become slimey pits for the homeless, they got some money per night/homeless person.
They probably have deep cleaning and retrofit payments guaranteed when their last homeless leave.
They probably have some great NY tax write offs!
The bums probably burned the bedding and furniture in the rooms. I doubt they used the toilets — most of them prefer squatting in the corner of the room as it is more familiar.
The rooms will most likely have to be completely gutted and rebuilt, not just “deep cleaned.”
“Why the F would hotels agree to this in the first place??
With shelter in place and quarantines they might not have had any business.
By allowing their rooms to become slimey pits for the homeless, they got some money per night/homeless person.”
One of our favorite NYC hotels, the Lucerne on the Upper West Side, housed the homeless and sex offenders under the Mayor’s program. The hotel received $175 per night per person; with two persons to a room (the typical arrangement), that’s $350 per room per night.