Not worth the money
Just returned from a 6 day trip to NYC. Stayed at Renaissance based on other reviews from Trip Advisor. Our room on the 7th floor was large by NYC standards, but it was extremely noisy due to TS. There were street performers just below our window that started performing at around 4:00 p.m. and went until at least 11:00 on some nights. Their music was boombox type with 5 gal paint buckets as percussion instruments. And of course the crowd would applaud. When we checked in the clerk said that we would be able to hear emergency sirens, but nothing else. Well we could hear it all. 
Our other reason for picking this property was the description of the RLounge overlooking TS. Our first venture into the lounge was awful and had it not been for a female wait staff member we would not have been back. I believe her name was Marlene and she was the best. We were seated, not close to a window, and then ignored for at least 15 to 20 minutes. Every time we tried to get service whoever we asked kept saying someone would be with us "soon"; well soon never seemed to come. Finally Marlene walked by and we asked her if we could get a couple of glasses of wine and explained how long we had been waiting. She quickly apologized and said even though it was not her station she would take our order. We were then rapidly served. 
The only reason we went back the second time and stayed was because she was working. She again took care of us. I must say, that when I told a manager on the 2nd time in what had happened he brought us a complimentary dessert tray to apologize.
Another reason this is not worth the money really isn't the hotels fault, but it still caused us to dislike our room. Apparently there was a group of two or three rooms adjacent to ours where the guests were friends or family. They would come in late at night, after midnight, slamming doors and then moving back and forth between the rooms and loudly talking through the doors and inside the rooms. The last night it went on until after 2 a.m. I never called the front desk because each time I thought surely this will be the last time and they'll all go to sleep.
Marlene in RLounge and Omar at the concierge desk both were great. The others at the concierge desk were also helpful however I did not get their names.
All in all, this is not a place for seniors who just want a nice quiet room to relax in after wandering around NYC all day.