The Department of Homeless Services did not respond to a request for comment on Mr. Maroko said the hotel union had urged City Hall not to make the move. RWDSU, which is negotiating the controversial contract with Housing Works, for its part, said: “We do not want to transfer hotel workers or see this hotel converted.”ĭuring the 2021 mayoral campaign, the hotel union, which has nearly 40,000 members, gave Mr. Susan Lee, founder of the Coalition for Community Improvement and Conservation, a Chinatown group that campaigns for anti-shelter protests, applauded the city for “listening to the concerns of the Neighborhood community Ship”. She said she hopes the hotel will reopen as a tourist hotel and help the neighborhood recover from the pandemic.
