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Since its inception, The New Yorker Hotel has welcomed many famous people over the years. In addition to celebrities from the early years of its history,
The New Yorker Hotel hosted President John F. Kennedy (when he was a Senator and running for the presidency), boxer Muhammad Ali (after his controversial fight
with Sony Liston in 1965), and Cuban leader Fidel Castro (who stayed there the last time he visited Manhattan).
Most recently, Academy Award winning actress
Jennifer Hudson from ?Dreamgirls? stayed at The New Yorker Hotel in December 2006 and presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton used
The New Yorker Hotel?s ballroom as her campaign headquarters on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008.
 
New Beginnings: Renovations and Remodeling
The owners, recognizing the value of the hotel?s glorious past history, embarked on an ambitious $65 million renovation project in 2007 to both restore
its art deco reputation and add the modern edge and style that today?s guests demand.
 
The scope of the project, which has been completed, includes the following:
- Total overhaul of furniture, carpets, wallpaper and fixtures in both the guest rooms and the hallways on the guest floors
- Complete redesign of the lobby to recapture the grandeur and feel of when the New Yorker opened in 1930
- Facelift of the entire front of the hotel on Eighth Avenue that replaced signage, re-faced the stonework, and changed the marquee
- Guest services enhancements including improved free Wi-Fi service and better television programming
- Upgrade and refurbishment of the hotel?s restaurants (Cooper?s Tavern and the 24-hour Tick Tock Diner)
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