Gateway Pundit reports that more than 36,400 illegal immigrants have arrived in NYC in the past few months, and city taxpayers have spent millions to care for these invaders. NYC officials put them up in at least 14 hotels at zero cost.
Whistleblower Felipe Rodríguez, who has been employed at the Row Hotel since 2017, shared his concerns with Fox News, saying, “The mess we see in Row today is amassed by immigrants getting drunk, drinking all day, smoking marijuana, and taking drugs. , and domestic violence, uh, people having sex in the stairwell, young people, teenagers, they use the fire exit stairs to get there and do that.
“We have people trying to act like the hotel is theirs and we have no rights. The way they keep their rooms is horrible. They don’t clean it, they don’t fold their clothes. It’s piles and piles, they’re collecting clothes, they’re collecting everything they can collect.
There is no liability. And when you go to their room and say something, the hotel management, especially the GM [general manager] They directed us that we are not allowed to say anything to them. He has carte blanche on Roe.
When NYC Mayor Eric Adams tried to evict male illegals staying at the Watson Hotel in Hell’s Kitchen on the taxpayer dime, they didn’t want to be moved.
This despicable behavior is taking a toll on businesses in NYC who are seeing a loss of customers and revenue. Businesses in the area have been forced to cut shifts and some employees will lose their jobs in the coming weeks and months.
The New York Post reported:
Big Apple businesses say they are losing their shirts over the ongoing immigration crisis.
Owners and staff at Manhattan shops and restaurants told The Post that sales have plummeted — and jobs have been lost — since City Hall began handing out millions to house immigrants in hotels.
“We’re going to have to cut 100% of the shifts, and some will lose their jobs in the next four weeks,” said Ana Ivkosic, owner of Cafe Wattle, located down the block from the 492-room Holiday Inn in the Financial District. It began housing migrants earlier this month.
As well-heeled tourists from Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador were replaced by penniless refugees, incomes plummeted. Total sales of menu items like $2.50 cups of coffee and $10 acai bowls are down as much as 75% on some days. The cafe clears $2,000 on a good day in January but can only ring up to $500 now.
“It’s not a collapse, it’s a cliff,” Ivkosic said, adding that the cafe began closing early last weekend and that one staff member is already being let go.
Adams plans to continue using hotels to address the crisis and recently signed a new deal with the Hotel Association of New York City to accommodate at least 5,000 immigrants at a cost of $275 million.