May 19, 2023
A New York City union pension fund's $24.5 million lawsuit against the Roosevelt Hotel has settled, as the midtown Manhattan hotel has agreed to recall some workers, pay severance to others and reopen as a first-of-its-kind intake center for asylum-seekers, pursuant to a contract with the city.
February 06, 2023
The shuttered Roosevelt Hotel urged a New York state court to stop a union's arbitration bid over labor contract details that relate to whether the company owes $24.5 million in pension fund contributions, arguing the issue is already part of a federal court dispute.
January 10, 2023
The New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council and the owners of the shuttered Roosevelt Hotel traded blows in a pair of disputes over whether the hotel was obligated to hand over documents related to the hotel's closure and $24.5 million in pension fund contributions.
October 17, 2022
Four companies affiliated with the shuttered Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan argued that a pension fund for unionized hotel workers should not be allowed to recover $24.5 million in withdrawal liability, telling a New York federal judge that another entity is liable for the payments.
May 02, 2022
Four companies affiliated with the shuttered Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan have denied that they owe more than $24 million to a pension fund for unionized hotel workers, urging a New York federal judge to dismiss them from an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit seeking the money.
November 18, 2021
A pension trust fund for a hotel workers' union sued the owner of New York's Roosevelt Hotel for more than $24 million in federal court on Wednesday, claiming the company owes withdrawal liability after permanently ceasing covered operations under the plan.