Mayor Eric Adams signed off on the controversial new hotels bill Monday — which critics had once assailed as a “nuclear bomb” on the industry — but the fight seems far from over.

The bill will require hotels to have licenses, panic buttons for employees and 24-hour staffing at the front desk. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons After months of contentious negotiations with the hotel ...

New York City has taken one large step toward increasing safety in its hotels. The New York City Council voted 45-4 Wednesday afternoon to approve a fiercely contested bill that would implement safety ...

A bill requiring hotels to purchase licenses in order to operate in the Big Apple sailed through the City Council on Wednesday after lawmakers, hospitality industry leaders and a key labor union ...

The bill, known as the Safe Hotels Act, will require Big Apple hotels to obtain licenses for two years and adhere to strict licensing requirements or rack up fines as high as $5,000 for infractions.

The bill now heads to the desk of Mayor Adams, who has 30 days to approve or veto it. His office said after the vote that Adams, who has been a prominent Hotel Trades Council ally for years ...

Members of the New York City Council passed a bill on Wednesday that requires all hotels to get a license and mandates that most of the city’s hotels use union labor in key roles. Council ...

Despite months of outcry by owners, the City Council on Wednesday passed a bill that will require New York City’s hotels to get licenses to operate and force them to directly employ more of ...