A four-star hotel in Long Island City will soon serve as a location to house economic migrants, sources tell the Queens/LIC Post.
The Collective Paper Factory, a hotel located at 37-06 36th St., is understood to have closed last week and work is underway to convert it into a Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, a shelter for economic migrants, according to sources familiar with the plan.
When operating as a hotel, the premises boasted 125 guest rooms, communal spaces, a gym, several meeting rooms, and a bar/restaurant on the ground floor.
It is unclear how many people will be housed at the 5-story facility as the city continues to struggle to cope with an unprecedented surge of migrants. Nearly 100,000 migrants have come through the city’s intake system since the spring of 2022 and the revised cost to the taxpayer is now expected to hit $12 billion by the summer of 2025.
The mayor’s office did not respond to an email request from the Queens/LIC Post seeking to confirm news about the shelter opening at The Collective Paper Factory. However, a woman at the hotel said via phone on Thursday, Aug. 10, that the hotel will soon be housing the migrants, in addition to other sources.
A spokesperson for Councilwoman Julie Won, who represents District 26 — which covers Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside and parts of Astoria — did not say if her office had been informed of the plans. The spokesperson said that throughout the migrant crisis, the city has not notified elected officials before commercial hotel shelter sites opened in their respective districts.
District 26 already has more than 30 shelters currently accommodating migrants, Won’s spokesperson said. For instance, in February, the Wingate by Wyndham, a three-star hotel located at 38-70 12th St., was converted into a shelter for migrants.
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Follow the money Ask Questions, Question the Answers.
The Fake News media is always using eye-catching headlines with sympathy for the "underdog" !
The middle class tax payer pays the bills even with their disagreements over mass migration.
The "migrants" are illegal immigrants they should be sent back.
Add this to news you will not see on CNN today.
Hotels are for commies!
To my fellow NYers, remember this on Election Day. Stop voting for incompetent people in office.
1492 said...
Let in millions of unvetted foreigners into your country....what could go wrong ?
Im guessing theres thousands of Cartel members there by now.
Aren't these the same people who voted for Sandy ?
Democrats.
So now the Invaders are being called economic migrants. What about our own economic citizen that are frustrated with the high courts of rents and services in the five Borough I don't see anyone paying attention to their problem just roll out the red carpet for the invader
Joe Biden has done more to destroy America than any President since the murderer Lincoln. And he's not even close to being done yet.
These hotels could be better utilized for housing QAnon creeps. They need to be kept out of circulation from the rest of the population.
NYC government is like a magician. We know it’s a trick but we don’t know how it’s done.
Who remembers when President Donald Trump tried to make an immigration deal with the democrats and all Trump wanted was a border wall, he would have given the democrats many of the things they wanted, But Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer would not budge. They didn't want any deal.
I know some of you are thinking about leaving the country and coming right back as a migrant so you can finally live in luxury.
The "Handout Seekers" will keep coming. There are no jobs they can actually do and opportunities for jobs will diminish as businesses close or relocate. Actually, everyone who is still paying taxes should relocate too. I wouldn't care right now if I had a mortgage, I'd just tell the lender they can have the keys. There will be no cavalry rescue. Get out. Just don't come to my town if you voted for Adams. We don't want your kind here.
A sanctuary city with a democrat mayor in state with a democrat governor in a country with a democrat president. People voted for this with the idea that they would not experience any consequences. Welcome to the reality of open borders; this is just an introduction, there are many more millions to come.
Is this intentional, done on purpose ?
NYC will be the Port Au Prince of the North.
Make no mistake when you see something that looks off follow the money. It is always follow the money.
Amazing LIC goes from Amazon and 25,000 plus jobs to housing illegal border crossers.
The city lost all that income so it could spend what we don't have to feed, educate, house illegal border crossers. Yet our homeless are still out on the streets. Amazing how you can find illegals housing so fast but our own suffer because there's no money. I Wonder WHY?
I guess our homeless don't vote, but you never know when you find illegal border crossers housing, education and food, what could happen. Oh maybe let them vote in local elections? Maybe that's the agenda? Wouldn't that be great Sheeple.
The blame for NYC’s poor leadership should fall on the NYC voters. Far left Democrats, who rule NYC and NYS, have made no secret of their intentions. They ran on platforms where 2 + 2 didn’t have to equal 4. The voters still overwhelmingly vote far left and the politicians behave as promised. In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve. NY is where it deserves to be sinking fast and looking for someone to blame.
In my life, I have worked in Philly, DC, Manhattan, Boston, San Francisco, among others and it's truly a shame what has happened to those cities. I'm thankful I was able to experience and enjoy them while they were great. You couldn't pay me enough to work in any of them today.
The Democratic strategy is painfully clear. Make things as horrible and untenable as possible. Then, make some small adjustment, and take credit only for the supposed "improvements." They're doing with inflation now (the Inflation Reduction Act is fixing inflation! Look how far it's fallen!), and they'll do it again with crime.
"The fundamental problem with the immigration system in our country is that it serves the needs of wealthy donors, political activists and powerful, powerful politicians.
Let me tell you who it does not serve. It does not serve you the American people. Doesn’t serve you. When politicians talk about immigration reform, they usually mean the following: amnesty, open borders, lower wages. Immigration reform should mean something else entirely. It should mean improvements to our laws and policies to make life better for American citizens."
Trump 2016
Referring to someone as an “illegal immigrant” is nonsensical, because there is no such thing as an "illegal immigrant"! If a person is here legally, they can be referred to as an ”immigrant.” If a person is here illegally -- by having blatantly, brazenly and intentionally broken our immigration laws – they should be correctly referred to as an "illegal alien." Therefore, it's simply impossible for a person to be both "illegal" and an "immigrant" at the same time! It's either one or the other.
They're illegal invaders, with no skills, poorly educated who aren't interested in assimilating anything about our culture... except for the mighty dollar. Some will spend the remainder of their lives here and never learn to speak a word of English.
Who’s to blame?
99% + elected democrats.
95% + elected republicans.
They’re not the people’s representatives.
Who do they represent?
Follow the money.
Almost every question is answered by this.
Hochul is already planning to use the National Guard to
FORCE the illegals on Western and Upstate NY
There is not escaping the consequences of rotten elections
WE WILL ALL SUFFER
That border wall isn’t so xenophobic now is it?
Democrats should be required to take at least one immigrant into their homes And pay double taxes.
@"A sanctuary city with a democrat mayor in state with a democrat governor in a country with a democrat president. People voted for this with the idea that they would not experience any consequences."
It was the same under TrumpTurd. Nothing changed.
Is Hunter Biden's laptop in there?
The US federal government would do much better if it distributed unlimited free condoms to South America, Africa and certain countries in Asia.
The payback could be enormous in the long run.
A nation that can't control it's borders, can't control it's destiny.
Remember, it's by design!
What would happen if the mayor sent the migrants to Washington DC?
To all you cry Baby Democrats I am a compassionate man . This is self inflicted . You embraced open borders for votes and as long as the Red and Borders States had to deal with the problems its okay . The Blue city and Blue States Democrats you are a Bunch of Phonies who does not pratice what they preach . Not in my Back yard . Now their in your Back yard and you are crying foul , Now you are getting a good taste on what the Red and Border States have to deal with . Eric Adams and the Manhattan Democratic Elite , you sent a message that NYC is a Santuary City and they are welcome . Welcome to the Liberal City ENJOY...
@"Let in millions of unvetted foreigners into your country....what could go wrong ?"
I'm with you on that one.
@"The Democratic strategy is painfully clear. "
Only clear if you have been brainwashed by the corporate right-wing media.
Sad
&” The Democratic strategy is painfully clear. Make things as horrible and ”
Cry me a river, brainwashed rightwing buffoon!
Relax. It’s only a simulation.
Meh, who cares anymore? These people keep voting for the same policies and politicians.
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
@NPC doofus
Pack your bag and get your illegal ass back to your homeland!
Everyone has a lot of “shoulds”. How about actually doing something.
@"To all you cry Baby Democrats I am a compassionate man "
And your point is???
@"ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES"
Is that why it's now for right-wing plutocrats to try and steal elections?
@"Amazing LIC goes from Amazon and 25,000 plus jobs to housing illegal border crossers. "
Another corporate shill looking for taxpayers to throw more money at billionaires like Bezos?
Take a hike, Quisling!
Another thing, how much time, energy & money is spent on illegals when the city & state is an absolute disaster? Crime, high taxes, housing, horrible roads etc. Nope, illegals come first. First with OUR tax dollars.
Rent a couple of Cruise ships!! Then while they are sleeping set sail for South America.
Let's take care of our Veterans who actually served our Country and all American citizens and send all illegal immigrants back!!!!
As a taxpayer, I don’t want to pay for illegal immigrants. I’d rather spend it on my wife and children.
To all you cry Baby Democrats
Calling Trump a "criminal" is like calling Jim Acosta a "reporter"
NYC is the Wokest of all... Sad, very sad.
But... but... but... my parents always voted Democrat!
This "Hotel" and others like it were purpose built for exactly that reason.
Build a hotel in a shitty slum neighborhood and expect real guests? Give me a break please. The hotel owners knew precisely what they were doing...
@ anonymous who wrote :
"Hochul is already planning to use the National Guard to
FORCE the illegals on Western and Upstate NY"
can you source that or is it just more rhetoric ?
TDS Sufferers Have Lost Their Marbles.
The TDS has progressed to its terminal stage…Trump Aversion/Resistance/Derangement Syndrome.
#TDS IS REAL!
Biden Administration Auctioning Off Unused Border Wall Parts.
We could have built 4 border walls with all the money Biden has sent to Ukraine.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/biden-administration-auctioning-off-unused-border-wall-parts/
As a Legal Mexican American, I can assure you that many Mexican Americans will volte for Trump.
The country's going straight down in the gutter. The open borders are the final nail in the coffin.
Messed up Dems...
You could have voted Republican in the last election for Lee Zeldin for Governor and Curtis Silwa for Mayor and New Yorkers would NOT have the illegals taking over the City… YOU IGNORANT PEOPLE VOTED FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY AND STATE … So now You live with the mess..
This problem CAN be solved by CLOSING the border. In fact, President Trump was well on the road to securing our border. Now, however, Biden, the dems, the globalist republicans have destroyed what Trump had done. We all are overwhelmed now by the hundreds of thousands of invaders every month. The solution is a President who puts America and American citizens first. Simple.
We need to return to the tried and true methods of old school thinking.
Only a Complete Idiot Would Support Biden at This Point
Even as a partisan how can you look at Biden and go yeah. People who still have #TDS are lost people.
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