Mafia-like unions are pummeling New York — and the political elites are in league with them.  The obscene new contract for 22,000 unionized city hotel workers will give housekeepers a $77,113 starting salary, higher than cops or teachers. The Hotel Association deal with the powerful Hotel and Gaming Trades Council averted a strike threat that had already spooked visitors who were thinking of coming here for America 250 celebrations and the FIFA World Cup. The hotel owners could afford it