The remaining Katrina evacuees staying at the Radisson Hotel in Queens, New York, want the hotel to pay each family $2,500 to move.
About 30 families remain at the Radisson, the last of about 120 Gulf Coast-area families who arrived there after the Aug. 29 hurricane. Their rooms are being paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
In January, the Radisson's managers told remaining evacuees that they would need to find new housing by the end of the month because of a scheduled $7 million hotel renovation. That led to a protest in which the Rev. Al Sharpton threatened to lead a boycott against the hotel if it forced the evacuees to leave.
Link: Buffalo News - Katrina evacuees seek payoff to leave hotel.
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