Travel
We are not booking any hotel blocks. We recommend staying in Lower Harlem, the Upper West Side, Midtown, Downtown, FiDi, Downtown Brooklyn, or Astoria. See below a light list of some recommendations.
For budget-minded guests, you could look into staying up the Hudson River and taking the Metro North train line into the city.
(P.S. Short term Airbnbs and Vrbos are legal in NYC, but they have to have a special permit with info in their listing. You can decide how much you care about that.)