{"id":3124,"date":"2026-05-18T22:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:34:57","slug":"speaker-menin-applauds-hotel-workers-and-industry-for-reaching-contract-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2026\/05\/18\/3124\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Menin Applauds Hotel Workers and Industry for Reaching Contract Agreement \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Congratulations to the members of the New York Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and to the hotel industry for reaching an agreement on a new contract for workers. After years of fighting for our city\u2019s hotel workers, I know they\u2019re some of the hardest-working individuals in New York, and they\u2019re truly on the front lines of ensuring we remain a top tourist destination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From well-deserved wage increases to a strengthened benefits package \u2014\u00a0including a first-of-its-kind childcare and housing fund\u00a0\u2014\u00a0what the union has achieved in this contract ensures their members\u2019 ongoing stability and future. I also want to thank the hotel industry for their leadership and the important role they play in New York\u2019s economic vitality.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Congratulations to the members of the New York Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and to the hotel industry for reaching an agreement on a new contract for workers. After years of fighting for our city\u2019s hotel workers, I know they\u2019re some of the hardest-working individuals in New York, and they\u2019re truly on the front lines of ensuring we remain a top tourist destination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2026\/05\/18\/3124\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}