In a warning of bigger trouble ahead for the city, Danny Meyer is closing
two of his eateries in a secondary impact from the migrant crisis.

Specifically, they�re located in the historic Redbury Hotel, which has
opted to become a migrant shelter.

�While we admire and respect the Redbury�s decision, the viability of our
business relies significantly on hotel-related F&B operations, including
event venues and the lobby bar, spaces that are now unavailable for our
use,� explained Meyer�s Union Square Hospitality Group.

Oops: It had earlier insisted otherwise, but later realized that
restaurants still recovering from the pandemic lockdowns need tourists and
the kind of vibrant local scene that a shelter discourages.

Meyer says he�s still �fully supportive� of the Redbury serving as a
shelter and will keep advocating for �policy change that expedites work
permits for asylum seekers.�

But dozens of restaurant workers are headed to the unemployment line.

This kind of loss comes on top of the billions that Mayor Eric Adams warns
the crisis will cost the city, and beyond any resulting cuts in city
services.

Turning hotels into shelters crowds out tourists; packing �hoods full of
migrants discourages normal business activity.

A city struggling to bounce back fully from lockdown, with countless
workers still at least partly remote and commercial real-estate (and
construction) ailing, will suffer more and more of ripple effects as long
as the influx continues.

And President Joe Biden isn�t remotely stopping the tide: El Paso is as
overwhelmed as ever, The Post�s MaryAnn Martinez reports, while Biden is
selling off border-wall supplies to avoid having to make it any harder to
sneak in.

Ex-Gov. David Paterson has it right: If Biden doesn�t reverse course, he�s
courting a nationwide urban revolt.

Veeb Bee
20 August, 2023

What recovery? The office spaces in the city are half empty and so are
many of the retail stores.

Truth Teller
20 August, 2023

Don't just blame it on the illegal immigrants. The Economy of New York was
hurt by the exodus of people who have just left New York because they were
tired of the crime, the politics, the higher taxes and what was happening
to the city. Same thing happened in California.

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