Immigrant hotel owners say NYC bill that bans outsourcing jobs would ‘destroy’ their American Dream
A new group of South Asian immigrant hotel owners is fighting a proposed bill they say would “destroy” the Big Apple’s hospitality industry and stomp out their American Dreams.
Indian-Americans behind the New York City Minority Hotel Association own some 120 non-union hotels mostly outside of Manhattan and they are pushing back against a controversial plan that would ban them from outsourcing jobs like housekeeping.
“Our coalition is the embodiment of the American Dream — hard working immigrant families who came to this nation, took a chance to build their small businesses and, over decades, created a community within the walls of their hotels,” said Mukesh Patel, a New York City hotelier and a founding member of the group who moved from India 30 years ago.