Does what it says on the tin
I was a touch worried about staying here after reading some of the reviews on this site, bed bugs etc. 
We arrived, and on first impressions the hotel and its lobby are very impressive. At first glimpse the rooms are very dated. Paint peeling off bathroom walls, dated paint work, broken lamps. But as somewhere to lay your hat in NYC, it is more than adequate. NYC is not somewhere you spend time in your hotel room except to sleep and shower.
Its not the Waldorf-Astoria, its not the Plaza, but as somewhere to catch 40 winks inbetween checking out NYC, its perfect/