Crowne Plaza JFK inn trouble amid labor unrest, brand dispute

January 12, 2009 7:00 PM

The recent donnybrooks at the Crowne Plaza JFK make Fawlty Towers look like a model for hotel management.

Not only has the hotel operator been treating his employees like dirt - the staff members, which once numbered 70, have not gotten regular paychecks since October; not only has the State Department of Taxation seized the hotel's restaurant, banquet facilities and several vacant guest rooms because the operator owes more than $500,000 in sales tax; but, in the coup de grace, InterContinental Hotels Group, owner of the Crowne Plaza flag, has severed relations with the operation.

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