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Top Hotels Sued for ‘Industry-Wide Failures’ to Prevent Sex Trafficking

New York — Landmark U.S. legal action was filed on Monday accusing several major hotel groups of profiting from sex trafficking on behalf of 13 women who claimed they were sold for sex in hotel rooms. Twelve hotel chains were …

Storm Refugees Get 2 More Weeks in New York City Hotels

New Yorkers displaced by Superstorm Sandy will have at least two more weeks to remain in city-paid hotel rooms. According to The Wall Street Journal, a judge said Wednesday she’ll hear arguments May 13 on whether the city has done …

Storm Paid-For Hotel Rooms Sit Vacant in New York City

Scores of hotel rooms paid for with public money for people displaced by Superstorm Sandy have been vacant for weeks. The Wall Street Journal says it reviewed documents that 120 rooms at the Milford Plaza Hotel in midtown-Manhattan haven’t been …