Feb 14, 2024 · 1.6M views · 📍 New York City, NY · Row Hotel, NYC · Watson Hotel, NYC · Roosevelt Hotel, NYC · Randall's Island (migrant shelter) · New York Port Authority
Nick Shirley investigates the New York City migrant crisis, filming at converted shelters and hotels housing migrants and interviewing both migrants and upset local residents. He discusses taxpayer-funded costs including prepaid credit cards for migrant families and payments to hotels serving as shelters.
Programs involved: NYC migrant shelter program, Migrant prepaid debit card program
Figures below are claims made in the video, shown with the status stated there — this site does not verify them. Disclaimer
Prepaid credit cards for migrant families funded by NYC taxpayers.
“giving the migrant families credit cards totaling 53 million”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Monthly revenue Row Hotel earns from housing migrants.
“$1.8 million a week and $7.2 million a month”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Amount a resident claims media talking heads are paid.
“they're paid Talking Heads $3.2 million a piece”
Stated by New York resident
Amount a resident claims one hotel manager is making off the crisis.
“I know one manager making a million bucks”
Stated by New York resident
Daily revenue Row Hotel earns from housing migrants (1,331 rooms).
“that is $260,000 a day”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Amount a resident claims migrants receive monthly to live in hotels and buy things.
“these guys are receiving like four grand a month”
Stated by New York resident
Nightly rate the Row Hotel is paid to house migrants.
“at a rate of $200 per night at the roow hotel”
Stated by Nick Shirley
All figures are as stated in the video — most are allegations, not adjudicated findings. Every dollar figure links to the timestamp where it is said. Extraction QA: All seven monetary claims are accurately quoted and correctly attributed to either Nick Shirley or the resident interviewees, with appropriate scope/status classifications. Entities all appear in the transcript. The extraction correctly flagged garbled country/city names (Oria/Sagle) as transcription issues.