Struggling to Survive in a Welfare Hotel Author:Margaret Kilduff, C. Douglas Blewett This is a harrowing study of life at the Martinique, a former welfare hotel in midtown New York City, as told by 40 heads of households, most of them women, representing 194 family members who were living in the hotel. Struggling To Survive In a Welfare Hotel presents an unremittingly grim picture of contemporary urban refugees. The rep... more »ort includes demographic information, tables and recommendations for action.« less