193 U.N. delegations are in New York City for the General Assembly — but where do they all stay?

The Americans' move set in motion a game of musical suites. The Indians, who typically stay at the Palace, switched to the Waldorf — perhaps in a show of intracontinental solidarity. Every Chinese leader since 1974 has stayed in the Waldorf, and Vladimir Putin was there, too. The Pakistanis were also in the hotel, which made for sensitive movements in elevator banks, though they were dining at the Palace on the day that Prime Minister Modi arrived [...] Despite the Americans' defection, the Waldorf was hosting more than twenty-five delegations — occupying three-quarters of its rooms. (Conveniently, it offers twenty-six "presidential-style" suites.)"This is our busiest time of year," Carlos Cabrera, who coordinates floral arrangements for the hotel, said on Friday, after sending a bouquet of hydrangeas and calla lilies to a Balkan leader's suite. One avenue over, the Shelburne had eight delegations; the Benjamin had six. Most bookings were in Manhattan, but B & Bs elsewhere have cause for hope: in 1995, the senior diplomat from Palau stayed at a Super 8 on Governors Island. [The New Yorker]