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to launch a new lobbying group to combat a City Council bill they say will destroy the local lodging industry.
Hotel owners say the bill would only drive up room rates in the Big Apple, where customers already pay among the highest in the nation — and them straight out of business. In addition to its lobbying efforts, the group also will create an “Annual Hospitality Scorecard” to grade each New York elected official for their support of opposition to industry priorities — and use it to inform New Yorkers, it said.HONY said it plans to work closely with the broader Hotel Association of NYC and the NYC Hospitality Alliance, among others.
“The promoters of this bill say it would help working people, but it would in fact hurt far more workers than it would help.”Vijay Dandapani, president and CEO of the Hotel Association of New York City, called the bill a “nuclear bomb” on the industry.
“If a handful of billionaire owners think they can spend millions to intimidate the City Council into rejecting basic health, safety and human trafficking regulations that many other big cities already have, they’re wasting their money,” said HTC spokesman Austin Shaffran.
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