Loews Vanderbilt lays off 149 employees

(Editor’s note: In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, various area companies are releasing workers and/or ceasing operations. The Post is reporting such personnel moves on a regular basis.)

Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Midtown — housed in a modernist building recognized for its slanted exterior form and rectangular windows — has laid off 149 employees, with 38 of the workers full-time.