Gothamist: City Forces Churches to Send Homeless into the Cold

NannyState

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:22:06 -0500

They hate the city shelters so that's why churches are taking them in. Why doesn't Bloomberg address the conditions at those shelters before casting his bullshit net out further?

Shinobi Shaw

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:35:30 -0500

The homeless will be first group to be rounded up at the FEMA Camps.

Ronkonkoma Ondinnonk

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:56:14 -0500

There will soon be a new kind of homelessness. Mind your karma now.

Spiritof76

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:21:06 -0500

This makes no sense at all. They claim that city shelters can absorb the people displaced from the churches. If that's true, then where exactly is the harm in letting the churches handle them three days a week?

thefacts

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:52:29 -0500

#11 Bet you the City would never enforce that rule for the wealthy and connected.

hungryghoast

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:11:49 -0500

this whole goddamn world operates ass-backwards.

Bottomless Chips

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:37:14 -0500

This is fucking nuts. Churches and private institutions should be the ones helping the poor. As soon as I can find another job outside of here, I'm moving the fuck out. Food prices are going to go through the roof, MTA, city income tax, and this BS...

Snoopy

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:29:35 -0500

Isn't Trump SoHo under review for the same thing but in an opposite twist?

widefive

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:23:16 -0500

It looks to me that their intention isn't to throw the homeless back onto the streets, it is to raise the bar and hold the shelters to play be the rules and provide 5 nights of accommodation as required by the regulations. What does following those regulations get them? Funding? Tax breaks? If either, I say hold them accountable for the 5 nights or create new legislation for these 3 night per week shelters with incentives that reflect the reduced (though critical) level of service they provide.

Reflect

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:19:38 -0500

What the fuck is a code gonna do. What a slap in the face. Code blue means fuck you. Basically.

NannyState

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:49:21 -0500

Bloomberg wants them gone or dead. Like any other mega-rich jerk.

JacqueMehoff

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:42:26 -0500

I'm seeing more homeless people this year. now who's sorry camp laguardia was sold? what's the mayor gonna do now, dump them in the rivers and let LI and NJ handle them?

Seth Mulvey

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:28:41 -0500

so stay open two more nights a week. Problem solved.

blablanyc

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:26:35 -0500

It's unconscionable the city would prevent anyone from sheltering the homeless on the coldest nights of winter thus far.

felixthecat

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:44:45 -0500

this is outrageous

Snoopy

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:33:36 -0500

They should all show up at Bloomberg's house when it's cold. There's always the subway cars and steam grates. Welcome to the 70's.

Toby von Meistersinger

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:25:01 -0500

Can't the churches just ignore it just citing the whole separation of church and state thing?

Rocknrope

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:46:58 -0500

happy holidays!