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woensdag 23 oktober 2024
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Dear New Yorkers,
For nearly a decade, Jean Xie made it a habit to search online for two things: “Fresh Meadows Hotel” and “New York City.”
Xie — a resident of Shenzhen, China, who hoped to obtain a U.S. green card for her son — had become an investor in the Mayflower International Hotel Group’s Fresh Meadow Hotel in Queens. Its EB-5 program allowed foreign investors to obtain green cards by investing in U.S. businesses that were creating jobs. So Xie made a $500,000 investment in 2015, mortgaging her two-bedroom apartment in Shenzhen to do so.
Two years later, in the winter of 2017, the Mayflower Group celebrated the opening of the Fresh Meadows Hotel. But across the world, Xie said she remained completely in the dark. The promised two-year deadline to receive her son’s green card was approaching. Then, it came and went.
Xie continued her online searches for years afterward — until this June, while browsing through WeChat, she stumbled upon an investigation co-published by Documented, THE CITY and The Guardian.
Our story revealed numerous financial details about the project — information Xie said she had long sought but never received from the Mayflower Group.
And it revealed a name Xie had never encountered before: Weihong Hu, a Chinese businesswoman and developer. Hu had secured $6 million in guaranteed annual rental income and special favors from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, after making significant contributions to his campaign.
Read more here about Xie, who spoke to Documented about her experience investing in the Fresh Meadows Hotel.
Weather ☀️
Sunny and 75 degrees! Enjoy it while it lasts.
MTA 🚇
There is reduced late morning to midday service on the B this week, and much more. Find the latest delays and planned changes here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, Oct. 23.
Our Other Top Stories
The New York Yankees are headed to the World Series — and there’s a game in The Bronx on Monday. But the mayor is likely to watch from home. “COIB don’t allow you to do that,” Adams said, referring to the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board, when THE CITY asked him about attending the game. So, our reporter did a deep dive into the ethics rules surrounding New York’s elected officials and sports games.
Yesterday was the second day that the City Council held hearings on Adams’ sweeping “City of Yes” rezoning proposal. More than 600 New Yorkers signed up to make public comments.
Public health officials in New York are urgently promoting syphilis testing and treatment — alarmed that a preventable sexually transmitted infection once close to eradication has returned, reports Healthbeat. Officials are especially concerned about congenital syphilis, which is passed from a pregnant person to a baby.
Who might challenge Adams in the 2025 race for mayor? One new candidate, Zohran Mamdani — a State Assembly member representing Astoria, Ditmars-Steinway and Astoria Heights in Queens — has just thrown his hat in the ring.
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Thursday, Oct. 24: Celebrate the New York Liberty’s WNBA win! The city is holding a ticker-tape parade for the champions starting at 10 a.m. in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway in lower Manhattan. Sign up here for ticket notifications to the City Hall celebration right after the parade and Barclays Center celebration in the evening.
Saturday, Oct. 26: A Halloween Harvest Festival with family-friendly workshops, a community resource fair and a dog costume contest. Free from 12 to 4 p.m. at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens.
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