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Abandoned Queens Home a Health Hazard, Says Neighbors

040610trash.jpg According to Jamaica residents, the house at 88-18 Burdette Place has about 15-20 homeless people living inside, and the trash is overwhelming the neighbors. The property is strewed with condoms, needles, diapers and other trash, and locals are worried the neighborhood may not be safe. Neighbor Amy Anderson told NY1, "My concern is when they set fires to keep warm, this is an attached house with families over there. It only takes one match." Residents say multiple contacts to city officials have done nothing; the Buildings Department says the abandoned house is currently owned by Wells Fargo, and upkeep is their responsibility. This is reportedly the fifth house in three years to have attracted homeless in the area.

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  • Snoopy

    "Buildings Department says the abandoned house is currently owned by Wells Fargo" So what! Get off your lazy asses, inspect the place and condemn it.

    Or just let the tenants burn the building down at three in the morning.

  • Tower18

    That's how it was handled in Detroit when the city was broke (er...broker than now). Abandoned houses that had been vacant forever and become dangerous were set on fire by the neighbors because the city wouldn't tear them down. Everyone knew.

  • pinball29

    DIAPERS? WTF?

  • Ragingsemi

    They're not homeless, they obviously have a house.

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