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   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.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2023/08/20/danny-meyer-restaurants-closing-the-latest-   
   blow-from-nyc-migrant-crisis/   
      
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