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Another new hotel on Manhattan's Lower East Side
NYHTC, September 15, 2011 - The number of new, ground-up Manhattan hotels continues to grow, as is evidenced by the recent opening of The Nolitan. Located at 30 Kenmare, on the corner of Kenmare and Elizabeth Streets, the 55-room boutique hotel opened early in August. [more...]
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Number of hotels in Lower Manhattan triples
NYHTC, September 15, 2011 - The Alliance for Downtown New York has released a report on the condition of Lower Manhattan ten years after its devastation on September 11, 2001. It concludes that Lower Manhattan has made a stunning recovery, one remarkable in terms of both growth and momentum. [more...]
Related issues: Economy, New Development

Largest NYC hotel project since 2002 announced
NYHTC, September 15, 2011 - Marriott International, Inc. announced it and Granite Broadway Development will together develop a new 68-story, 639-room hotel project in Manhattan. The Marriott news release specifies that the hotel-on-top-of-a-hotel will be 752 feet and 9 inches high, making it the tallest structure of its type in New York City. [more...]
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More hotels open in Brooklyn hotel hub
NYHTC, September 15, 2011 - Two more hotels opened in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn this summer. The Union Hotel, a 43-room property on Degraw Street between Third and Fourth Avenues, was the first of the two to open. The Fairfield Inn New York Brooklyn opened a month later; it is a Marriott property. [more...]
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New hotel for West 37th Street parking lot site
NYHTC, September 15, 2011 - According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, a 300-room hotel will be going up on West 37th Street in midtown Manhattan. The site to be developed, a parking lot, is between 8th and 9th Avenues. The article described the current New York City hotel market as being "particularly alluring for developers" since tourism, business travel, and hotel room rates have all been on the rise. [more...]
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Hotels keep going up: what does this mean for HTC members?
NYHTC, July 13, 2011 - Despite an unprecedented surge of hotel-building in the city from 2008 through 2010, an additional 40 hotels are already scheduled for completion by 2013. A significant number of these new hotels are (or will be) non-union and determined to remain that way. Every non-union hotel is a direct threat to the continuation of the rights, protections, and benefits generations of our members have fought for and won. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Union Density

Yet another new hotel for Manhattan
NYHTC, July 13, 2011 - According to articles in the New York Observer and Citybiz Real Estate, a new hotel will rise at 523-525 Greenwich Street, between Spring and Vandam Streets. The site was reportedly sold to Fortuna Realty Hotel Soho LLC for $12.7 million. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Borough President Ruben Diaz wants major hotel for the Bronx
NYHTC, June 8, 2011 - A recent posting in Streetsblog makes clear that Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. continues his efforts to bring a world-class hotel to the Bronx. He noted his office has been working with both the New York Hotel Trades Council and the New York City Economic Development Corporation and is in discussions with multiple developers. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Plan for new hotel across from Museum of Modern Art is revived
NYHTC, June 8, 2011 - After months of uncertainty, it again appears a hotel–possibly paired with condominiums– will go up on the site of the Donnell Library across from the Museum of Modern Art on West 53rd Street. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Kimpton aims for 10 more NYC hotels in next 10 years
NYHTC, March 8, 2011 - San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC, is planning on operating an additional 10 hotels in New York City within the next decade, according to an article on the Bloomberg Businessweek website. The company currently operates the Ink48, 70 Park Avenue, the Muse, and Eventi, all of which are union shops in Manhattan. [more...]
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NYC hotel industry enjoys global appeal
NYHTC, March 8, 2011 - Quickly on the rise after the economic downturn, New York City's hotel industry is again one of the strongest and most appealing markets in the world. Crain's New York reports that foreign investors, many without previous real estate experience, are flocking here to benefit from the big gains investments in NYC hotels yield.  [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Economics

Morgans Hotel Group to open Mondrian SoHo
NYHTC, March 8, 2011 - Morgans Hotel Group Co. has announced it will be opening Mondrian SoHo at the beginning of March. The 270-room hotel will be the Morgans Group's third Mondrian and its first downtown hotel. The continuous development of new hotels, including new luxury hotels, is evidence that the hotel industry in New York City is on the rise and steadily rebounding. [more...]
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Another new hotel for Lower Manhattan
NYHTC, March 8, 2011 - According to Crain's New York, hotel builder Sam Chang is about to begin converting a former residential building he purchased prior to the economic downturn into a seven story, 80-room hotel. Located on Pearl Street, just one block west of historic Fraunces Tavern, the hotel will be the area's second Hampton Inn. [more...]
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Another Best Western opens in Brooklyn
NYHTC, March 8, 2011 - Within months of Brooklyn's first Best Western opening in Brooklyn, Best Western International opened its second in mid-December 2010. As announced in Hotel Interactive, the new property, the Best Western Plus Prospect Park Hotel, is a ground-up project and is located on 4th Avenue at 26th Street. The hotel is yet another in a series of new openings in a borough that had previously seen almost nothing by way of hotel development. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Mexico-based hotel group to open small, luxury hotel in Chelsea
NYHTC, February 2, 2011 - This spring, Grupo Habita plans to open the 56-room Hotel Americano in Chelsea - its first hotel in the United States.  The Mexico-based company will join a growing number of multinational companies planning, or already owning and operating, hotels in Manhattan. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

1,153 new hotel rooms opened in lower Manhattan in 2010
NYHTC, January 19, 2011 - The Real Deal reported the number of hotel rooms in lower Manhattan increased by 80 percent in the years since September 11, 2001.  Five new downtown hotels opened in 2010, adding 1,153 rooms to the area. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

South Bronx to get a brand new hotel
NYHTC, January 19, 2011 - A "brownfield" in the Port Morris section of the South Bronx will be the site of a new 80-90-room hotel, according to an article in the New York Daily News. The now vacant lot is one of six Port Morris brownfield sites, all of which have been recently rezoned and which the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. has targeted for redevelopment. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Bronx

Element hotel opens in Times Square
NYHTC, December 22, 2010 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. operates the new 411-room Element Times Square West, which has LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. [more...]
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Wyndham to open new TRYP Times Square South in spring 2011
NYHTC, December 22, 2010 - Wyndham Hotels and Resorts has announced it will be opening a new 173-room hotel in Midtown Manhattan in spring 2011.  The hotel will be a part of Wyndham's newly acquired TRYP brand, a mid-price-range line of hotels located primarily in Europe and Latin America. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

New hotel part of "supersize" gay resort to open in Manhattan
NYHTC, December 22, 2010 - The New York Times reports that a $30 million, 90,000 square-foot resort directed at a gay clientele is scheduled to start opening in Manhattan in early 2011.  The Out NYC Urban Resort will include a 127-room Axel Hotel among its numerous attractions. [more...]
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13 more Marriotts for Manhattan within next 3 years
NYHTC, December 7, 2010 - Manhattan remains a powerful draw for hotel companies, as was amply demonstrated by Marriott International's recent announcement that it intends to open 13 new budget hotels here. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Marriott

A "destination hotel" coming to Williamsburg
NYHTC, December 7, 2010 - Noting another marker in the New York City hotel development, the New York Times reports that Williamsburg will soon be getting a "destination hotel." The 64-room Hotel Williamsburg will have both a pool and a rooftop bar and is slated to open as early as March 2011. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Hotel Williamsburg

Setai Fifth Avenue changes landscape of Midtown
NYHTC, December 1, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal and Luxury Travel Advisor have reported that the Setai Fifth Avenue, which recently opened in the heart of midtown between 36th and 37th Streets, might be the harbinger of a transformation of its neighborhood–from one filled with fast-food eateries and souvenir shops to one where fine dining and high-end retail stores are the norm. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Setai Fifth Avenue

Outer boroughs riding wave of new hotel development
NYHTC, December 1, 2010 - According to the Wall Street Journal, about 19 new hotels are currently being built in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, with dozens more in the planning stages. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Another new hotel for the Times Square area
NYHTC, December 1, 2010 - The Times Square area continues to draw new hotels. Crain's New York reported that plans for the future arrival of another are underway. Land has been acquired on West 50th Street, and financing for the construction of a 78,000 square foot hotel on a site presently occupied by a parking garage is in place. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Lower East Side home to new Comfort Inn
NYHTC, November 17, 2010 - I-Newswire reported that Choice Group of Hotels has opened a newly-built Comfort Inn on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side. [more...]
Related issues: Comfort Inn Lower East Side, New Development

Boutique hotel may be in the works for future Moynihan Station
NYHTC, November 17, 2010 - Crain's New York recently reported that a 200-room boutique hotel, along with retail shops, might be part of the new Moynihan Station project at the current site of the James A. Farley Post Office in midtown. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

New Holiday Inn Express opens in Staten Island
NYHTC, November 17, 2010 - According to finchannel.com, a 95-room Holiday Inn Express, part of the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), recently opened in Staten Island near major metropolitan airports, and Interstate 95. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Holiday Inn Express Staten Island

Penn Station area to be site for new hotel
NYHTC, November 17, 2010 - Crain's New York reported that OTO Development, a hotel company based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has purchased a parcel of land on West 33rd Street, across from the future site of Moynihan Station, for almost $22 million and plans to build a hotel. [more...]
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New trend in new hotel development
NYHTC, November 17, 2010 - An Agence France-Presse story in The Vancouver Sun discussed the growing number of "Pod" hotels, such as Manhattan's The Jane and The Pod Hotel. Inspired by the Japanese "capsule" hotels, they have been gaining popularity in New York City since The Pod opened in 2007. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Jane Hotel, Pod Hotel, Yotel

Non-union hotel development in Williamsburg
NYHTC, November 17, 2010 - The Daily News recently reported that the Condor opened at 56 Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn's Williamsburg. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Condor Hotel

Hyatt plans to spend $1.8M per room at new Park Hyatt
NYHTC, November 17, 2010 - Hyatt Hotels Corp. is building a 90-story, 201-room hotel in Manhattan at 157 West 57th Street. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Hyatt Hotels, Park Hyatt

Groundbreaking for fourth Gem hotel in Manhattan
NYHTC, November 17, 2010 - As reported by Hotel Interactive, Gemini Real Estate Advisors has broken ground for the GEM Hotel Union Square, to be located at 52 West 13th Street in Manhattan. [more...]
Related issues: GEM Hotel Union Square, GEM Hotels, New Development

Dutch hotel group plans to open two hotels in Manhattan
NYHTC, October 7, 2010 - According to Business Traveler, the Dutch hotel group citizenM has announced plans to open a hotel on 50th Street and Broadway and another in the Bowery near Soho and the Lower East Side. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, CitizenM

2010 to be a big year in NYC for Starwood Hotels
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal has reported that Starwood Hotels and Resorts is poised to add seven more hotels to its significant roster of NYC properties by the end of 2010. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Starwood

A hotel boom grows in Brooklyn
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 - The New York Times recently reported that Brooklyn is experiencing a boom in new hotel development, with an estimated 40 hotels currently being constructed or planned. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Brooklyn

Japanese "no frills" hotel to break ground in Queens
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 - According to the Wall Street Journal, the Japan-based Toyoko Inn Co. is set on bringing its own brand of no-frills, economy hotels to the United States, starting with New York City. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Toyoko Hotel, Jimmy Van Bramer, Queens

2010 a banner year for new hotels in NYC
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 - According to the Wall Street Journal, a total of 44 new hotels will open this year in the city, the largest number in several decades, with almost 80% in Manhattan alone. New hotel development is just one indication that the city's hotel industry is clearly on the road to economic recovery. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Hotel Industry

Best Western Arena hotel opens in Brooklyn
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 - As reported in the Brooklyn Eagle, a new 56-room Best Western hotel has opened on Atlantic Avenue in Bed Stuy Brooklyn. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Best Western Arena, Brooklyn

Sam Chang opens new Holiday Inn Express Wall Street
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 - Focus on Travel News reported on the recent opening of Sam Chang's new Holiday Inn Express Wall Street hotel in the downtown financial district. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Sam Chang, Holiday Inn Express Wall Street

Hotel development in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 - The Brownstoner reported spotting a new hotel called the Condor under construction in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Condor Hotel

Cassa Hotel set to open August 1st
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 - In a press-release published by Marketwire, the Cassa Hotel and Residences announced last week that it will open its doors to guests on August 1st. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Cassa Hotel

Lower Manhattan booming with hotel development
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 - Crain's New York reported last week that the number of hotels south of Chambers Street has tripled since September 11, 2001, now totaling 17 hotels with approximately 3,693 rooms. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

114-room James hotel opening in Soho this summer
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 - CurbedNY reports that work continues at the future site of the James New York hotel in Soho, which is expected to be open by September. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, James Hotel

Four luxury hotels opening this summer
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 - The Los Angeles Daily Times reported that hotel development in New York City shows littles sign of slowing. Four new luxury hotels will open in Manhattan this summer. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

3 more boutique hotels to open in Manhattan
NYHTC, June 30, 2010 - NY.Curbed.com reported recently that construction on the Nolitan (30 Kenmore St), the Aloft (8th Ave & 124th St), and Dream Downtown (346 W. 17th St) hotels will soon be completed, with the Nolitan and Aloft slated for August openings. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

NYHTC wins accountability for hotel developments in Tribeca
NYHTC, June 28, 2010 - As reported in the New York Observer, the New York Hotel Trades Council has scored another political victory in its battle against anti-union hotel developers. According to the article, developers desiring to build a hotel larger than 100 rooms in northern Tribeca are going to have to secure a special permit before proceeding. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics

East Harlem development project breaks ground, includes hotel
NYHTC, June 18, 2010 - According to GlobeSt.com, construction on the $700 million East Harlem Media, Entertainment and Cultural Center finally got underway in May. [more...]
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InterContinental joins the expanding boutique hotel market in NYC
NYHTC, June 18, 2010 - Bloomberg news reports that InterContinental Hotel Group plans to join the wave of boutique hotel development in NYC. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Indigo

Funding approved for major Harlem hotel project
NYHTC, June 18, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal reports that $20 million in federal tax-exempt financing for NFL star Emmitt Smith's proposed hotel and retail project in Harlem has been approved. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

World Center Hotel opens
NYHTC, June 18, 2010 - As reported in the Daily Mail, the World Center Hotel had its grand opening June 9, 2010, in lower Manhattan. The hotel is part of a wave of new, non-union hotel development that poses a threat to our union's density and our strength in future contract fights. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Barnett plans massive new skyscraper for hotel and apartments
New York Times, June 14, 2010 - As reported in the New York TImes, real estate developer Gary Barnett is seeking to build the tallest residential skyscraper in New York City. The developer hopes to include a new Hyatt hotel as part of the building. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Six developers submit bids to operate Aqueduct racino
NYHTC, June 9, 2010 - Casino and racino development in New York State is a high-profile issue, as their introduction to the state would generate both significant numbers of jobs and substantial revenue for the state. [more...]
Related issues: Aqueduct Race Track, New Development, Casino

John Lam's new Sheraton Brooklyn opens its doors
NYHTC, June 8, 2010 - As reported in the Wall Street Journal, hotel developer John Lam opened a new, full-service Sheraton hotel in downtown Brooklyn on May 20, 2010. The non-union Sheraton Brooklyn, one of the many new hotels currently planned for Brooklyn, threatens our union's density and our ability to negotiate strong contracts in the future. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, John Lam, Sheraton Brooklyn, Sheraton Four Points Chelsea

Bidding revs up for right to operate Aqueduct racino
NYHTC, May 28, 2010 - Casino and racino development in New York State is a high-profile issue, as their introduction to the state would generate both significant numbers of jobs and substantial revenue for the state. [more...]
Related issues: Aqueduct Race Track, New Development, Casino

Times Square a hotbed of activity for new hotels
NYHTC, May 25, 2010 - Hotel development in and around Times Square abounds. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Sam Chang's new Comfort Inn opens in Staten Island
NYHTC, May 7, 2010 - A 93-room Comfort Inn, developed by "budget hotel king" Sam Chang, opened for business on April 29. Located in Travis, near the Fresh Kills landfill, it is the first of three new budget hotels opening this year in Staten Island. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Harlem hotel wins city backing
Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2010 - New York City officials threw their support behind awarding $19.8 million in federal tax-exempt financing to former football star Emmitt Smith's plan to build a hotel in Harlem, officials confirmed Tuesday. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Staybridge Suites to open in May in Hell's Kitchen
NYHTC, March 26, 2010 - The 310-room Staybridge Suites extended stay, all-suite hotel is expected to open this May on West 44th Street at Ninth Avenue. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Staybridge Suites, Intercontinental Hotel Group

Eventi, Kimpton's fourth NYC hotel, to open this spring
NYHTC, February 23, 2010 - The Eventi Hotel, a 54-story, 292-room hotel is scheduled to open this spring. [more...]
Related issues: Kimpton Hotels, Eventi, New Development

"Master list" of hotel openings worldwide, 2010
NYHTC, February 23, 2010 - A master list of hotel openings worldwide, created by HotelChatter.com, identifies a considerable number of hotels scheduled to open in 2010. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

New hotels changing look of Midtown neighborhood
NYHTC, February 17, 2010 - Three new hotels will be bringing a different feel to midtown Manhattan, specifically the portion of Broadway from 26th to 31st Streets. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Inn crowd grows in Times Square: Rivalry heats up with InterContinental's arrival
Crain's NY Business, February 14, 2010 - When the InterContinental New York Times Square opens in July, the 36-story property on West 44th Street and Eighth Avenue will be the largest hotel to be built in the city since 2002. [more...]
Related issues: InterContinental, InterContinental Barclay, W Times Square, Westin Times Square, New Development

Biggest hotel opening since 2002: InterContinental Times Square's 607 rooms to open in July 2010
NYHTC, February 11, 2010 - The InterContinental Times Square hotel, with 607 rooms, is set to open this coming July, making it the biggest hotel opening in New York City since 2002. [more...]
Related issues: InterContinental, Environment, New Development

15 hotels currently under construction in Brooklyn
NYHTC, January 28, 2010 - According to data from Smith Travel Research, Inc., 15 hotel projects are currently under construction in Brooklyn, 12 of which are scheduled to open in 2010. [more...]
Related issues: Organizing, New Development

40 hotel projects in development in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 28, 2010 - The Brooklyn Eagle has learned that there are 40 hotel projects in the pipeline for Brooklyn. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

253-room Andaz Wall Street to open January 18
NYHTC, January 11, 2010 - The Andaz Wall Street Hotel is set to open January 18, 2010, and when it does, it will become the only hotel currently operating on Wall Street. [more...]
Related issues: Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Andaz Wall Street, New Development

Former NY Times building to become hotel and condos
NYHTC, January 6, 2010 - A developer and his new partner have ambitious plans for the former New York Times Building, located half a block off Times Square. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

City Council holds firm on Kingsbridge Armory mall living wage requirement
NYHTC, January 5, 2010 - When Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his veto power to build a mall in the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx, the City Council held firm with its demand for a living wage. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, Politics, Michael Bloomberg, City Council, New Development

City Council rejects Kingsbridge Armory mall plan
NYHTC, December 15, 2009 - Members of the City Council overwhelmingly voted against a plan for a shopping mall inside the Kingsbridge Armory December 14. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, Politics, New Development, City Council

No deadline to pick an Aqueduct rasino winner
NYHTC, December 11, 2009 - The governor's office has not yet announced its decision as to which of the five remaining bidders will be awarded the contract to run the Aqueduct Race Track. [more...]
Related issues: Aqueduct, New Development, Politics

Some movement on Kingsbridge Armory mall wage issue
NYHTC, December 11, 2009 - A novel agreement in the negotiations to turn the Kingsbridge Armory into a shopping mall would call for the city to create a fund to subsidize the wages of employees. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, New Development, City Council, Michael Bloomberg, Politics

City Council has power to influence landmarks decision
NYHTC, December 1, 2009 - Four City Council members have made known that they do not want jeopardized the project to build a hotel tower at Broadway and 57th in Manhattan. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, City Council, New Development

Hotel project in downtown Brooklyn gets stimulus money
NYHTC, December 1, 2009 - A 117-room hotel on the corner of Tillary and Flatbush in downtown Brooklyn is one of five development projects city officials have selected to receive stimulus money. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Economy, Recession, Brooklyn

Still no decision on who will get go-ahead to operate Aqueduct Race track
NYHTC, December 1, 2009 - A decision has yet to be reached by the necessary New York state political figures on which of the remaining bidders will get the nod to operate Aqueduct Racetrack, potentially the most lucrative site for gambling in the state. [more...]
Related issues: Aqueduct Race Track, New Development, Organizing, Politics

Labor, community coalition fight for living wage at proposed Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment
NYHTC, November 23, 2009 - A coalition of labor, community, religious, and political leaders are continuing their fight to ensure that the proposed redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx guarantees a living wage to the employees who would work there. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, New Development, Politics

Wynn withdraws bid for Aqueduct racino development
Crain's NY Business, November 4, 2009 - Steve Wynn has dropped out of the bidding war to develop the Aqueduct racino. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics, Sheldon Silver, David Paterson, Organizing, Aqueduct Race Track

Two more Sam Chang hotels set to open soon
Staten Island Live, November 3, 2009 - Two more Sam Chang hotels, part of a tri-hotel complex in Staten Island, are scheduled to open in December and January. [more...]
Related issues: Sam Chang, New Development

Hotel builder Sam Chang subpoenaed in lawsuit
NY Times, October 30, 2009 - The New York State Attorney General has subpoenaed hotel builder Sam Chang in connection with the lawsuit it has filed against contractor Michael T. Mahoney and EMC Contracting, Mahoney's company. [more...]
Related issues: Sam Chang, New Development

MoMA tower with hotel gets final approval
Crain's NY Business, October 28, 2009 - The MoMA mixed-use tower project has won approval from the New York City Council, clearing the way for the project to begin. [more...]
Related issues: Organizing, New Development, Politics

Building Trades supports Kingsbridge redevelopment after winning 1000 union jobs
NYHTC, October 23, 2009 - The Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York announced its support of the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment October 23 after winning a guarantee from the developers that the 1,000 construction jobs the project will create will be union jobs. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, New Development, Politics

Coalition including NYHTC fights for living wage jobs at Kingsbridge Armory
NY Times & Crain's NY Business, October 20, 2009 - A coalition of labor, religious, and local groups are fighting to insure that the Kingsbridge Armory project in the Bronx is "worker friendly." [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics, Kingsbridge Armory

Contractor on hotel sites sued for cheating minority workers
NY Times, October 16, 2009 - A contractor for a number of hotel and condominium projects in Manhattan has been sued by the New York State Attorney General for wage and hour violations and discrimination. [more...]
Related issues: Sam Chang, New Development, Employer Theft

NYHTC wins labor peace agreement with MoMA tower developer
Crain's NY Business, October 9, 2009 - Despite initial resistance, the NY Hotel Trades Council has secured a labor peace agreement with the project developer Hines on a planned 120-room hotel in a tower adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Fourth Aqueduct Race Track bidder signs labor agreement
NYHTC, October 6, 2009 - A fourth Aqueduct Race Track bidder has signed a labor peace agreement with the NY Hotel Trades Council, clearing one more obstacle in the bidding war to operate a giant racino at the track. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics, Organizing, Aqueduct Race Track

Sam Chang: non-stop builder of NYC hotels
NY Times, October 4, 2009 - No one has built more hotels in New York City than Sam Chang who, to date, has built 37 and has an additional 22 in the works. [more...]
Related issues: Sam Chang, New Development

New hotel activity continues in Manhattan
Crain's NY Business, September 29, 2009 - New hotel construction remains lively across the city, with international companies opening their first properties here and previously stalled projects resuming. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Largest hotel outside of Manhattan planned for Queens
The Real Deal, August 28, 2009 - A Japanese-based hotel company is planning to build a 699-unit hotel in Long Island City. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Economy, Recession

Unions look to revitalize Garment District
NY Times, August 19, 2009 - Unite-HERE! hopes to maintain New York City as a fashion capital and save the Garment District by proposing to designate 1 million square feet of space in various buildings at subsidized rents for clothing manufacturers. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

First meeting of Hotel Trades Council Assembly held
Hotel Voice, August 17, 2009 - The future of the Union was on display this week, when the first meeting of the Hotel Trades Council Assembly was held at Gertrude Lane Auditorium. That future is challenging but it is clear that the members of the Assembly can rise to the challenge. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics, Organizing

HTC is working to ensure Aqueduct jobs are union
NYHTC, August 3, 2009 - While bidders are vying to win the state contract for the redevelopment of Aqueduct race track, the New York Hotel Trades Council is actively involved in ensuring that the approximately 1,000 full-time jobs at the site will be union jobs. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Organizing, Politics, Aqueduct Race Track

More new hotel rooms coming to Midtown
NY Times, August 2, 2009 - A new 48-story skyscraper under construction in midtown Manhattan plans to house both a hotel and condominiums. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Cheap non-union hotels cut costs and risk fire
New York Post, July 22, 2009 - An electrical contractor violated the city building code and used wood, not metal – which is fireproof – for the fireproof "collars" that enclose electrical wires in at least four non-union Midtown hotels. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Building Code Violation

Yet another hotel planned for downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 21, 2009 - A new boutique hotel is set to be built at 231 Duffield Street in downtown Brooklyn on a block already laden with three other hotels. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Three new hotels open in Midtown
The Real Deal, July 17, 2009 - Three more non-union hotels developed by Sam Chang and operating out of a single building on West 39th Street have opened in Manhattan. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Sam Chang

Extell lays groundwork for three new NYC hotels
New York Observer, June 30, 2009 - Extell Development has filed plans to build two new hotels and one combined hotel and residential building in Manhattan. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

New eco-friendly hotel planned for Lower Manhattan
New York Observer, June 30, 2009 - Shalimar Management has announced plans to build an eco-friendly hotel at 100 Varick Street in Lower Manhattan. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Environment

Labor, community groups protest while City approves Coney plan
Crain's NY Business, June 17, 2009 - Despite the protesting of a coalition of labor and community groups, the City Planning Commission has voted that plans to rezone and develop Coney Island be sent to the final approval stages. [more...]
Related issues: Coney Island, New Development, City Council

Renewed possibility for 40-story hotel & condo in South Street Seaport
Downtown Express, May 22, 2009 - The proposed redevelopment of the South Street Seaport, including the construction of a 40-story hotel and condominium, is expected to move forward as planned. [more...]
Related issues: New Development

Governor Paterson issues executive order to help workers organize
NY Times, May 3, 2009 - New York State Governor David Paterson issued an executive order May 1 that will directly benefit workers at development projects where the state has a proprietary interest, including certain hotels, convention centers and gaming facilities. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, New Development, EFCA, David Paterson

Hotel union demands financial books of hotels seeking to cut worker pay
NYHTC, April 11, 2009 - After ten years of record profits and unprecedented occupancy rates, twenty hotels are seeking to cut wages and concessions from union members in New York City. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Contract Enforcement, Carlyle, Economy

Deal to cut costs is close for builders and unions
NY Times, March 31, 2009 - Construction unions and developers have been in negotiations that could enable a few Manhattan projects to continue construction, which would, in turn, employee more building tradesmen. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Economy, Recession, Union Concession

Convention Center expansion to move forward
Hotel Voice, March 30, 2009 - Even in the grip of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, New York will move forward with a plan to renovate and expand the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. [more...]
Related issues: New Development,

Latest Coney troubles: unions, 'hundreds of millions' in infrastructure
NY Observer, March 3, 2009 - The City Council's plan to build hotels, big box stores, and 4,000 apartments in Coney Island has hit more roadblocks. [more...]
Related issues: Coney Island, New Development

Financing is still available for NYC hotels
NYHTC, January 20, 2009 - Financing may be more difficult to get, but banks are still lending money to select hoteliers, including to notoriously anti-union Sam Chang. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Sam Chang, Economy, Recession

NYHTC plays major role in Senate flip, Willets Point vote
NYHTC, November 18, 2008 - The Hotel Trades Council was a major political force in securing a democratic majority in the State Senate, as well as in pushing the City Council to approve the development of Willets Point. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, City Council, Senate, New Development

Unions rally in support of Willets Point redevelopment
Hotel Voice, July 7, 2008 - Several labor unions including the Hotel Trades Council have entered into agreements with the city of New York to support the redevelopment of Willets Point, an area of Queens that is next to Shea Stadium. [more...]
Related issues: Willets Point, City Council, Politics, New Development

Unions threaten to oppose key plans without promise of livable wages
NYHTC, March 1, 2008 - A group of New York City's unions, including the Hotel Trades Council, have joined forces to fight the Bloomberg administration's redevelopment projects if the projects do not meet the unions' demands for livable wages and affordable housing. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, New Development, City Council

Members urge lawmakers to reform IDA
Hotel Voice, February 11, 2008 - What is IDA? It stands for Industrial Development Agencies, and it's a program where public money is used to create or protect good paying jobs. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, New Development

Members attend redevelopment hearing at City Hall
Hotel Voice, December 17, 2007 - The City Council chamber is often empty for hearings held by the Land Use Committee or the Economic Development Committee. [more...]
Related issues: Willets Point, New Development, City Council, Politics

NYHTC beefing up its voting power
NYHTC, August 8, 2007 - The Hotel Trades Council has registered 2000 members to vote as a part of its plan to influence elected officials and gain political support as it faces negotiations with non-union hotel developers. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, City Council, New Development

Union is conducting voter registration drive
Hotel Voice, July 30, 2007 - In the last few weeks over 2000 members of our Union have taken political action by registering to vote. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics