NYC Man Spent $200 for a Five-Year Stay at the New Yorker Hotel NYT | Top Stories Matthew Haag 7 November 2024 at 05:02 Mickey Barreto’s five-year stay cost him only $200.57. Now it might cost him his freedom. © John Taggart for The New York TimesMickey Barreto first checked into the New Yorker Hotel in 2018.