Getting Back to Being the "Friendly City"

Before the discussion at the last Housing and Transportation Committee meeting segued into talk of requiring visitors to Hudson to register with the police, Alderman Rebecca Wolff (First Ward) defined the "core concern" of the constituent's letter she brought to the committee as having to do with how Airbnb units are being cleaned. While the aldermen on the committee seemed to see this concern as reason to impose a moratorium on short-term rentals and force visitors into mandatory quarantine, the HDC Hospitality Task Force is taking a more constructive approach to the question of cleanliness standards.

Several participants at the Hospitality Task Force's Zoom meeting last Thursday had attended a webinar presented by the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation that dealt with standards and protocols that should be put in place for a phased reopening of hospitality businesses. Those guidelines, which were a topic of discussion at the meeting, can be found here.

"Hotels, and other places of accommodation" are considered ""essential infrastructure" and were not required to close by the governor's executive order. Jill Moroh from The Wick, which has remained open during the shutdown, reported that it was now a four-day procedure to turn over a room at The Wick. She stressed the need to give guests the security of a clean and safe place. 

It was agreed that the task force would work on protocols and standards to be adopted by all lodging and hospitality businesses in Hudson when they are able to reopen. 
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