So Bill Deblasio is a Saint!
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio: '“Here's the truth, brothers and sisters, there's Plenty of Money in This Country, It's Just in the Wrong Hands'
There's so many Saints who say Your money is in the wrong Hands...
Midtown shelter near Billionaires’ Row clears legal hurdle as some residents object
The West 58th Street shelter is one of 90 shelters the city plans to open under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Turning the Tide” initiative to alleviate the homeless crisis in the city.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/manhat...s-neighborhood-group-plans-appeal-11560380518
For Richards, who represents Far Rockaway, Hollis and Springfield Gardens, this is simply unfair. His district hosts nearly 3,000 shelter beds — the most in the city, data show. Most of these homeless families and individuals stay in hotels that cost on average $350 a night. In a one block area near JFK Airport off South Conduit, there are four hotels housing hundreds of homeless individuals — Days Inn, Holiday Inn, Best Western and Metro Inn.
His district has a relatively low poverty rate (between 8% and 20%), but communities with high levels of poverty also bear this burden far more than affluent zip codes.
Of the top 20 community districts with the highest number of homeless beds/units, 15 have poverty rates over 20%. Six have poverty rates over 50%.
The mayor, who has watched the number of homeless in city shelters rise from 53,000 to over 60,000 during his tenure, is struggling to reverse the course in a balanced way.
In unveiling his latest blueprint for reform Feb. 28, he vowed to shut down the cluster sites and hotels and build 90 new shelters citywide through 2021 but promised to try and distribute the burden across all neighborhoods, whether rich or poor...
"I like the ideas of keeping people in their communities," said Richards. "But at the end of the day, you can find places where there are adequate schools, where there are opportunities and housing that's affordable."
When de Blasio tried to turn a hotel into a 110-unit men's shelter in predominantly white, middle income Maspeth, Queens last fall, the neighborhood erupted. Protestors ultimately forced the provider who was going to run the shelter to pull out.
Last week, furious residents of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, cited the Maspeth reversal as they contested a new men's shelter set to open soon in their neighborhood during a public hearing. Residents of Brooklyn's Community Board 8, which is 67% black with a poverty rate of 26%, railed against what they called an oversaturation of shelters in their neighborhood. They have 679 beds.
Some have demanded that new shelters be placed in more affluent neighborhoods with few shelters, such as the mayor's neighborhood, Park Slope. The mayor's Community District 6 is 75% white and host to a relatively modest 267 beds.
"Go into communities that have zero that have not had their fair share. Have them address this," said Richards.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-yor...red-de-blasio-homeless-plan-article-1.2995360
NYS Govenor Coumo:
"America was never great"
So many Saints at the door knocking.
but I don't see you laughing...........