New York, NY —
The Radisson Hotel near JFK airport says it will allow hurricane Katrina evacuees to stay for as long as it takes to find them a permanent home. The hotel recently came under fire for telling evacuees they had to leave so that long-planned renovations could move forward.
REPORTER: About 25 rooms are still being occupied by Katrina survivors. Advocate and attorney general candidate Charlie King says all New Yorkers should feel a special obligation to help Katrina survivors.
KING: They have no place else to go but the city homeless shelter. How cold a commentary would that be on the greatest city in the greatest state in the greatest nation of this world if that were to happen.
REPORTER: Radisson General Manager Tony Pinto says the federal government will likely stop paying for hotel rooms on February 13th and the hotel will have to "eat" the costs of housing evacuees. About 70 evacuees from New York are expected to attend a rally in Washington today. The group wants the federal government to keep helping those that remain displaced.