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MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) — Workers at a hotel for migrants in Midtown Manhattan tell Eyewitness News every day they throw out large garbage bags of free, prepared food.

Felipe Rodriguez, a housekeeper at The Row hotel, showed Eyewitness News videos he has taken of black, contractor-sized garbage bags being tossed that are filled with sandwiches, bagels and prepared meals in to-go containers.

New York City is using the 28-story, 1,300-room hotel located on 8th Avenue at 46th Street exclusively to house migrants — some of whom are seeking asylum.

“We have complained vigorously about the waste of food,” Rodriguez told Eyewitness News investigative reporter Kristin Thorne. “We’ve got homeless in New York City.”

Rodriguez said the other reason workers have complained about the bags of wasted food is because the bags are heavy and numerous and are putting a strain on the housekeeping staff.

“I weighed one of the bags of sandwiches that I …

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