Crowdsourcing Luxury Hotel Reservations in NYC, NY

Some may call it ambivalence, others may call it laziness... They may both have a point. Confession: I left my hotel reservations up to my twitter friends. What is the best luxury hotel in NYC? Any suggestions? #nyc (view original tweet) The truth is, though, I have never been to NYC before, so I thought I would ask for some suggestions from my social media friends. (BTW, NYC stands for New York City. I'm trying to sound sophisticated!) Besides, I don't usually stay in luxury hotels unless I am at a conference that is in one.  I prefer couch-surfing when it's cold.  If it's nice out, I'm more apt to just sleep on the side of road in my faithful Bumblebee. :) The response was amazing, too. I got some great suggestions from lots of my twitter friends, and found some really neat places. My friend @Winter_Thur sent me a link to his suggestion: The Jumeirah Essex House and ...