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Prairie Gates

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6. Seriously...

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 01:30 PM

8 hrs ago

What would an occupancy tax, voted on by the representatives of the people and going to the benefit of New Yorkers, have to do with hidden hotel fees, arbitrarily dreamed up by private companies and going into their own coffers?

What an odd question...

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Mayor Mamdani is banning so-called junk fees at NYC hotels -- resort fees, surprise credit card holds, deposits, etc. New [View all] riversedge 10 hrs ago OP

Does that include the NYC Hotel Occupancy Tax? MichMan 10 hrs ago #1

No, that's not a junk fee jmowreader 8 hrs ago #3

Seriously... Prairie Gates 8 hrs ago #6

DURec leftstreet 10 hrs ago #2

That's great Renew Deal 8 hrs ago #4

Brilliant JCMach1 8 hrs ago #5