YOU WERE A PASSIONATE PUBLIC SERVANT
He and his hardworking staff resolved
many illegal dumping, abandoned property, illegal construction and noise issues
in my District 4 Shenandoah neighborhood.
May he rest in peace and may his
family find comfort in his life spent as a dedicated public servant.
THE ELMHURST HOTEL HOSTS PROSTITUTION
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| Access to a train into Manhattan and points I was working in throughout Queens was a major factor in enduring the trash at the no-tell motel |
I worried the whole time during that
last half day in the city – and was shocked that the bag was in the closet upon
my return.
For dealing with noise at all hours, cigarette stench, most electrical outlets broken, unsecure bag storage, entering my room against my clear wishes and above all else – the fear for safety from the overt, vulgar and constant prostitution –
I am owed 50% of what I paid as a refund.
Booking.com Please send a secret shopper to this property.
When you see it is more brothel than hotel, you will hopefully stop
doing business with it – so legitimate travelers, especially families with
children, will NEVER be subjected to my experience.
When I escaped the hell hole that is the Elmhurst Hotel, I sent direct emails to: the Queens Borough President, New York City Councilmember for this district, two senior staff members of that councilmember and two senior police officers at the precinct in which the hotel is located.
My note was honest, earnest, brief and to the point.
To date, only the police precinct has pledged to look into my dire warning.
Disgracefully, none of the other leaders/professionals or their assistants have had the common courtesy to phone or email me to know they are lifting a finger to address this cesspool that will kill tourism and investment.
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Vacant restaurant next door to shameful Elmhurst Hotel
During booking and upon checkout, I explained
that my flight was a half day past check out and that I would need safe storage
of my small suitcase.
I was told this would be no problem.
On checkout, the front desk person
rudely said they do no such thing.
I asked if there was a locker storage place
nearby.
The person just glared at me.
I showed my message – routed through
Booking.com site – where a manager promised safe bag stowage.
The front desk person walked to a
chemical-wreaking, janitor/maintenance closet without a lock on it and told me
I was welcome to toss my bag in, but no promised it would be there.
I worried the whole time during that
last half day in the city – and was shocked that the bag was in the closet upon
my return.
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I do not how this hotel gets a better than 5 out of 10 star rating on Booking.com. Booking.com is my bible for booking rooms all over the world.
Its
contributors are much more spot-on than rival online booking sites.
I have to figure that either the
Elmhurst management has recently shifted to being hooker hotel central, or the
handful of non prostitute-john customers are immune to seeing this frightening
and filthy activity.
I made it clear I did not want my room entered while I was there. I had a do not disturb sign on door and left notes each day with front desk.
In middle of my stay, my bed was made and stuff changed around.
I honestly wonder if they sort of sublet my
room for a 2-hour tryst, gambling that I wouldn’t be back till night – giving
them time to clean up a mess.
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On the third day, I was propositioned by a pair of scantily clad gals in the elevator who were clearly stealing the same NYC skyline cheap poster photo that was in my room.
On the fourth day, I left early Sunday
morning to find provocatively dressed prostitutes on 8-inch platform shoes of
every stripe – trans, female, male….
The fifth day, a shirtless, high/drunk pimp was screaming – both into his phone and at a cowering working gal – in the tiny dreary lobby.
Guess this why the
sullen front desk staff hides behind bullet proof glass – speaking through a
tiny cut out and taking your credit card/ID through a tiny slot.
Why did I stay? Very good question.
I had just gotten some very bad news
the week leading up to my trip and I was in a funk and less aware of the world
around me.
Plus, they charged the full amount of
the stay the first night and I figured owners uncaring enough to run a house of
prostitution would never in 10 million years refund my remaining nights stay if
I checked switched hotels.
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I was tired when I arrived, so I
didn’t think about the set up being a giveaway that this is a by the hour
hotel.
As noted by many reviewers, only a fraction of the outlets work.
So you pick between a lamp and charging your
smart phone, etc.
The dead bolt wouldn’t click, so I had
to use the little rocker arm to hope to be extra protected when sleeping.
On the second day, I realized something was up, because housekeeping was cleaning rooms constantly.
Like
people were only in them for a couple hours.
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I thought I was getting a decent sized room at a decent price next to a prime subway station in the culturally-diverse and amazing heart of Jackson Heights.
What Booking.com steered me to (despite
fairly high ratings, perhaps based on a lodging better run by previous owners/managers?)
was the Elmhurst Hotel – a seedy site of rampant prostitution.
I could no more recommend it for
families than I would recommend sleeping on the sidewalk.
On check in, you get a creepy vibe.
The lobby is tiny and the front desk is behind tall, bullet proof glass.
The images on both Booking.com and the
property’s site are false – they show a modest front desk open and not
fearfully covered in bullet proof glass.
There are no plants, no photos –
nothing but a hard bench, beverage vending machine and elevator.
DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION, 3 HOURS AT SITE FOR 15 MINUTE TEST, 10 DAYS WITH NO TEST RESULTS AND ULTIMATELY LIED TO THAT WE WERE NEVER TESTED (WE HAVE PROOF THAT WE WERE THERE)
We had that 8
a.m. first appointment of day 9-10, but took nearly 3 hours.
Follow up
calls have produced an idiotic and painful answer that they have no record of
our being there.
We have proof
– online appointment print out, paper work plus grease pencil marking on back
of our vehicle that they only do onsite.
It doesn’t
matter, they failed and lie about it.
While we’re
recounting the endless list of failures, here's a hint for testing site.
Don't blare
loud music at tent where they draw blood/take nasal swab.
There is car engine, traffic, MIA flight path, generator noise.
You are talking through a mask, through your closed window to
a person wearing a mask - no one can hear.
At free test
site, train staff to accommodate people with disabilities.
Guy in
charge did major discrimination, telling my wife to drive home without getting
tested. I had to start phone video to make him responsive.
Tens of
thousands of people with disabilities deserve better
Staff said
they could not enter wheelchair ramp van to swab my wife and draw her blood.
They ignored
my clear, booming voice explaining she could roll out the ramp (full or to top
of it) to give them access to her same as rest of drivers rolling down their
window.
Clueless,
rude, discriminating staff forced delicate door to $75,000 wheelchair ramp
without asking first.
This can
cause damage, detected weeks later, that will destroy my wife's mobility.
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| Proof that we were persons tested #34 and #35 on September 10, 2020 at Marlins Park |
To document
this, I started taking video on my I-Phone.
The staff
then threatened to remove me from the site without testing I kept exercising my
basic American right of documenting incompetence and discrimination via video
on my phone.
Got blood
results onsite, (negative for both of us, bud advised that nasal swab results also must be read to know for sure) then told swab takes max four days for results.
Nothing online, so my wife calls to see what's up after four days.
She reached a totally unhelpful person who claimed she had zero record of our even having an appointment for September 10, when we wasted nearly half a day trying to get tested.
Worthless
call to info number took more than an hour -- 20 minutes with an imbecile who
insisted we had no appointment & were not tested (we have proof otherwise)
then 40 minutes on hold waiting for a supervisor -- then hung up on before
reaching a human.
We have no symptoms, but when you take the time to go in -- trying to be responsible -- you want to see your results.
My wife has
multiple underlying conditions and is undergoing a treatment that lowers
immunity.
She needs test results now.
To date, three wasted hours at Marlins Park (should take 15 minutes) = disability discrimination + unprofessional behavior + lost test results.
My wife, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, needs
results -- but it is clear that none are coming and the company making tens of
millions off of testing for Florida could care less.
Who is going
to fix this?
