Donald Trump Helped Save New York City

Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York City

[From article]
Whatever you think about his political views or crazy campaign, Trump doesn’t get enough credit for being a transformative planner who is in love with the city.
No matter how many times they watch “Taxi Driver,” younger New Yorkers and older ones who arrived recently have no idea of what the city was actually like in the mid-1970s through the mid-’90s. Notwithstanding Studio 54 and a short-lived Wall Street boom, the metropolis was reeling. Rampant street crime, AIDS, corporate flight and physical decay brought confidence to an all-time low.
Trump waded into a landscape of empty Fifth Avenue storefronts, the dust-bowl mugging ground that was Central Park and a Wall Street area seemingly on its last legs as companies moved out.
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Trump himself is largely to blame for being a prophet without honor in his home city. He grew weary of the risky, time-consuming development grind and started selling his name to just about any developer willing to sign a check. The result was horrible projects like the Trump Soho Hotel which he neither built nor owns.
His disastrous foray into Atlantic City casinos — Why, Donald? — his tacky promotion of China-made shirts and ties among other goofy ventures further cheapened his name.

http://nypost.com/2016/02/07/how-donald-trump-helped-save-new-york-city/

How Donald Trump helped save New York City
By Steve Cuozzo
New York Post
February 7, 2016 | 6:00am

LAPD Seeks Black Gentleman Who Shot Dead One and Wounded Two Others At Luxury Hotel

The suspect is a black man in his 20s with a mustache and cornrows who was wearing a black trench coat on the night of the shooting.

[From article]
Police have released an image of the man who opened fire at the high-end Standard Hotel in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday night.
The unidentified male is seen smiling in surveillance images taken inside the hotel's elevator just seconds before he shot four guests at the hotel, killing one - 21-year-old Thomas Johnson.
Authorities are now hoping that someone will recognize the man, who has managed to evade police. [. . .]
The suspect is a black man in his 20s with a mustache and cornrows who was wearing a black trench coat on the night of the shooting.
It is believed the fight that lead to the violence broke out when a group of people couldn't get into a birthday party on the hotel's 12th floor at around 2.20am.
Neighbors told the LA Times, they heard loud noises followed by five or six gunshots.
'It sounded like heavy machinery falling,' the man said.
A handgun was found at the scene hours later, a hotel employee told the Times.
Guests were blocked from checking in and checking out as police swarmed the hotel to investigate.
Victims' clothes and shattered glass could be seen strewn across the sidewalk.

Police have released an image of the gunman who opened fire at The Standard Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3360972/PICTURED-Smiling-gunman-opened-fire-Standard-Hotel-Los-Angeles-killing-one-injuring-three-police-continue-manhunt-suspect.html

PICTURED: Smiling gunman who opened fire at Standard Hotel in Los Angeles killing one and injuring three as police continue their manhunt to find the suspect
Police have released an image of the gunman who opened for at The Standard Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday
The suspect is a black man in his 20s with a mustache and cornrows who was wearing a black trench coat on the night of the shooting
He is seen smiling in surveillance video taken from the elevator just before the shooting
Fight broke out at 2.40am at the downtown hotel, police say
Thomas Johnson, 21, was killed and three others were wounded and hospitalized
By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 09:41 EST, 15 December 2015 | UPDATED: 10:45 EST, 15 December 2015

Updated: Woman's Body Found In Burlington, MA Hotel; Two Suspects Arrested

Posted July 5, 2015 7:54 PM ET; Last updated July 7, 2015 9:20 PM ET

[From article]
Two men have been charged with murder in the shooting of a woman at a Burlington hotel.
Just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Burlington police received a 911 call from the front desk of the Extended Stay America hotel near the Burlington Mall. Guests reported hearing a woman's screams, and what sounded like gunshots inside the hotel, according to the Middlesex district attorney's office.
Officers arrived at the hotel and conducted a room-to-room search, ultimately finding 34-year-old Sanisha Johnson of Brooklyn dead in guest room 118. She suffered a gunshot wound to the chest.
Both 24-year-old Epshod Jeune of Burlington and 21-year-old Derrell Fisher of Roxbury were charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Jeune and Fisher were also charged in an armed robbery and assault of a woman at the Red Roof Inn late Wednesday into early Thursday morning, shortly before the Burlington murder.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/29481053/man-arrested-in-connection-to-womans-death-at-burlington-hotel

2 men charged with murder in the shooting of a woman at a Burlington hotel
Posted: Jul 06, 2015 8:43 AM EDT
Updated: Jul 06, 2015 2:38 PM EDT
Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston

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[From article]
Authorities are investigating an unattended death at a hotel in Burlington where a woman’s body was found early yesterday morning after guests reported hearing screams and gunshots, an official said.
Burlington police officers responding to the Extended Stay America Hotel about 12:20 a.m. were told by hotel staff that guests reported hearing a woman screaming and what sounded like gunshots, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said.
After conducting a room-to-room search of the South Avenue hotel, investigators discovered a dead woman in a guest room, Ryan said. The identity of the woman has not yet been confirmed.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/07/woman_s_death_probed_at_hotel

Woman’s death probed at hotel
Friday, July 3, 2015
By: Owen Boss
Boston Herald

Homeless New York Man Beats Hotels, Restaurants For Thousands of Dollars

Isa Bako

Photo: Instrgram
[From article]
A homeless man conned his way into weeklong stays at two Manhattan hotels — including the Algonquin — sleeping in luxury and feasting on cuisine from Tao restaurant, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Isa Bako, 33 — a broke celebrity-hanger-on and former model whose goal was to put on a fashion show featuring his hats on naked models — first pampered himself for eight days at the Courtyard Marriott on West 37th Street, sources said.
He racked up more than $2,000 in bills at the hotel — including for food deliveries from upscale Tao — using stolen credit card information, authorities say.
The drifter moved to The Algonquin Hotel on West 44th Street, where he allegedly spent five days using credit card info swiped from another victim, a 49-year-old Dallas businessman.
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Bako was hit with identity theft charges and remains at Rikers Island on $30,000 bail. His next Manhattan Criminal Court hearing is set for March 3.
He is accused of committing the fraud between Oct. 24, 2013, and Nov. 7, 2013, sources said.
His lawyer, Brian Kennedy, declined to comment.
The Wisconsin-born Bako claims a pal from Nigeria, where his parents are from, gave him the credit card information, sources said.

http://nypost.com/2015/02/03/homeless-man-accused-of-conning-his-way-into-luxury-hotels/

This bum’s rush was conning his way into luxury hotels, authorities say
By Jamie Schram
New York Post
February 3, 2015 | 4:02am

Motel Refuses To Allow Service Dog For Child Onto Premises

[From article]
As a courtesy, the family always calls ahead when staying in hotels to let the staff know a service dog will be traveling with them.
Ms Vaughn said that after alerting the Best Western in Baton Rouge, she was told the hotel could no longer honor her booking.
'We got an email saying due to unforeseen circumstances, they will not be able to honor our reservations,' she said.
A reception later told WAFB that although she is aware of the law, the staff were unable to go against what the hotel owner had ruled.
Best Western's corporate office has since reached out to Ms Vaughn, and offered to let her family stay at the hotel - but she declined their offer.
'I've already booked with another hotel that's understanding and happy to follow the law. I don't want to go to a hotel where I have to force them to follow the law,' she said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2661516/Family-boy-relies-service-dog-vacation-booking-canceled-hotel-not-pet-friendly.html

Mother furious after hotel cancels their reservations because of epileptic son's service dog
Receptionist said owner's wishes had to come before Disability Act laws
Beau Vaughn's dog can spot when teenager is about to have a seizure
By JESSICA JERREAT
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 13:16 EST, 18 June 2014 | UPDATED: 13:37 EST, 18 June 2014

Taxpayer Funded Hotels For Illegal Immigrants

Standard Room at the El Paso Hilton

Indicates more Obama-Holder-Reid misguided priorities. Homeless veterans live in streets and at shelters while illegal immigrants get taxpayer funded hotel rooms. In Cambridge MA,  where idiocracy rules, Cambridge city police, and Harvard University campus police employees take turns harassing a law abiding 70-year-old white male citizen. They use primarily man-hating feminists and lesbians, black racists and homosexuals employed as psychologists at Harvard University medical school. They use vulnerable civilians for medical research without consent contrary to US laws. Are Kennedy School of Government experts where Obama-Holder get their ideas from? 


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2390442/Surge-immigrants-seeking-asylum-Mexican-border-crossings-forced-authorities-pay-hotels-hundreds-release-thousands-U-S.html

Surge in immigrants seeking asylum at Mexican border crossings has forced authorities to pay for hotels for hundreds and release thousands more into the U.S.
Thousands of Mexican immigrants are claiming they must be allowed into the U.S. to receive asylum from the drug cartels
Some 200 immigrants claimed asylum at Otay Mesa Port of Entry in California in one day last week
Government puts immigrants up in a $99-a-night hotel while they await an asylum hearing from a federal judge
Judges reject more than 91percent of asylum requests from Mexico
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 15:09 EST, 12 August 2013 | UPDATED: 15:09 EST, 12 August 2013

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2390005/How-key-words-phrases-used-immigrants-cross-US--Mexico-border.html

How key words and phrases are being used by immigrants to cross the US - Mexico border
Hundreds have gained entry to the US with specific words and phrases
Immigrants are blaming Mexico's notorious drug cartels
Experts are training Mexicans on exactly what to say, how to act, even selling a $300 training video
Mexicans have been coached to say that drug 'cartels are ripping their state apart,' causing them to live in fear
By RYAN GORMAN
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 11:08 EST, 12 August 2013 | UPDATED: 12:53 EST, 12 August 2013


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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/leaves_footing_overwhelmed_bills_iK4KPFUqrlZU6BkO2ZuZHN

US footing hotel bills for illegal immigrants as sudden influx leaves processing centers overwhelmed: report
New York Post
From FOX NEWS
Last Updated: 10:31 AM, August 12, 2013
Posted: 10:30 AM, August 12, 2013

Biden Spends $500 K on One Night Hotel

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297650/Joe-Bidens-hotel-night-Paris-whopping-585-000.html

Joe Biden runs up bill of $585,000 for just ONE NIGHT in five-star Paris hotel (and taxpayers will pick up the tab)
By MEGHAN KENEALLY
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 12:25 EST, 22 March 2013 | UPDATED: 13:53 EST, 22 March 2013

Moscow Mini Hotel Rooms

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269728/Definitely-room-view-First-capsule-hotel-fifty-windowless-pods-opens-Moscow.html

Definitely not a room with a view: First capsule hotel with fifty windowless pods opens in Moscow
Rooms can be booked for a night for around £32, or for a matter of hours
Already a hit in Japan, capsule hotels are popular with commuters who miss the last train home
By SARAH JOHNSON
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 16:12 EST, 28 January 2013 | UPDATED: 17:22 EST, 28 January 2013

Arab Royalty Beats British Hotel for Half a Million Pounds

Rich people are not like you and me. If we did that we'd be in jail. This deadbeat makes if bad for all rich people, making them pay before they occupy a hotel room.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103019/Qatari-prince-sued-London-hotel-unpaid-500k-18-month-stay-wives.html

Qatari prince to be sued by London hotel over 'unpaid £500k bill' for 18-month stay with his two wives
Daily Mail (UK)
By Alex Gore
Last updated at 4:13 PM on 18th February 2012

Hotel Business After Civil Rights Complaint

[From article]

"The couple saw their Liverpool business brought to its knees after an investigation into what was deemed a religiously aggravated hate crime against Ericka Tazi. The 60-year-old white British convert complained that the couple had called the prophet Mohammed a 'warlord' and told her that Muslim women were oppressed.

The case against them was thrown out after a judge at Liverpool magistrates' court said it flew in the face of their right to freedom of religious expression."

Business lost: Hoteliers Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1261199/Were-selling-hotel-say-Christian-couple-row-Muslim-guest.html

We're selling our hotel, say Christian couple in row with Muslim guest
Daily Mail (UK)
By Jonathan Petre
Last updated at 10:00 PM on 27th March 2010