Another boutique hotel in a trendy New York City neighborhood has been secretly converted into an emergency shelter for illegal immigrants, according to recent reports. new york post.
The Hotel Le Jolie, a 55-room hotel in Williamsburg, began housing undocumented immigrants last year, the paper said. The conversion to a shelter is said to be temporary, but there is no sign that the hotel will resume normal operations yet.
Hotel staff told the Post that there are currently no rooms available for travelers as the hotel is “under renovation.” The property has not responded to online customer reviews or questions since April last year.
The newspaper reported that New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) recently awarded a $12.3 million emergency contract to nonprofit St. Paul’s Inc. to manage “the city’s shelter for families with children.” It was reported that. The contract was issued by the Department of Homeless Services and awarded to the Hotel Le Jolie address.
Officials told the news outlet that the nonprofit organization plans to “take over operations,” but added that “functionally nothing will change.”
The site is currently managed by temporary staff hired by the Department of Homeless Services, but the department is looking to transfer management to St. Paul’s Inc.
A Department of Homeless Services spokesperson said Hotel Le Jolie is “not a new facility” and has “been in operation for quite some time,” the newspaper reported.
Adams’ office converted more than 100 hotels in the New York City area into emergency shelters to house illegal immigrants. He agreed to a $76.69 million emergency contract with the New York City Hotel Association in January. The deal is intended to provide “last resort” housing for undocumented immigrants with children. The agreement affects 15 hotels in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
Approximately 200,000 undocumented immigrants have arrived in New York City since spring 2022, overwhelming the city’s homeless shelters.
Recent data from City Hill reveals that the city spends an average of $387 per day to provide housing for each undocumented immigrant household. The Adams administration estimates the crisis will cost the city $10 billion by next fiscal year.
This was announced by a spokesperson for the mayor’s office. post In March, Mayor Adams announced a plan to save taxpayers billions of dollars in the past two months as New York City grapples with a national humanitarian crisis, and the numbers show that our efforts are making a difference. “It shows that we are doing well,” he said.
He noted that the administration expects to save “$2.3 billion by next summer.”
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