July 17, 2017 By Jason Cohen
A hotel in East Elmhurst is about to close and the City says that it is not being converted into a homeless shelter despite persistent rumors saying otherwise.
The Courtyard by Marriott LaGuardia Hotel, located at 90-10 Grand Central Parkway, is closing in October, according to state documents. The company cited economic reasons for shutting down.
Rumors that it would become a homeless shelter gained traction last October when Rep. Joe Crowley, State Sen. Jose Peralta and Assemblyman Francisco Moya issued a joint statement saying the hotel had potentially been slated to house a population of up to 60 homeless single men.
On Thursday, these fears resurfaced when the East Elmhurst Corona Alliance and Hiram Monserrate, who is running for City Council, held a rally protesting the rumored shelter.
However, the city rejected these claims.
“These rumors are as unequivocally false today as they were in October–and we’re not sure where they began,” DHS spokesman Isaac McGinn said. “DHS has never had a presence in this site, period–nor have we discussed shelter at this location.”
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Dickblasio lied about holiday inn in maspeth too. he’s a fucking weasel.
Yeah sure this guy is racist
I like the homeless send the business to cassidys. Ask for john
They lie. Just like they told us the West Way was not going to shelter welfare and it was already is progress regardless of our protests and meetings