Posted on December 31, 2021 by Andy Newman in The New York Times The New York Times, By Andy Newman For much of the pandemic, one way New York City has tried to slow the coronavirus’s spread is by offering free hotel rooms to infected people who cannot easily isolate themselves from those they live with. But the sheer number of people who are sick with the Omicron variant is challenging the hotel programs — both the one for the general public and another for people in homeless shelters.
