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Marriott International Inc. is suing one of its franchisee hotels in Jamaica, Queens, for $2.6 million, alleging that it breached its contract with the hospitality giant by morphing into a city shelter for migrants.

Pride Hotel was slated to open to the public last November under Marriott’s budget-friendly Aloft and Element hotel brands, according to the complaint filed in federal court. Instead, the hotel and its principals abandoned the deal with Marriott and began operating as a migrant shelter, without Marriott’s permission and in violation of their franchise agreement, the suit alleges.