Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Comrie protests Jamaica homeless shelter

From the Times Ledger:

City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) joined in on the protests against a proposed homeless shelter in Jamaica, a neighborhood where community leaders said they have been overloaded with similar homes.

Speaking outside 170-02 93rd Ave., where the nonprofit group Housing Bridge wants to create transitional housing for families, the councilman urged the city May 19 not to grant the Brooklyn group approval for the home.

Community Board 12, which covers Jamaica and other southeast Queens neighborhoods such as St. Albans and Springfield Gardens, is home to nine out of the 17 homeless shelters in the borough and residents have become fed up with the heavy concentration of the facilities in their community, according to Comrie.


Why would you dump more homeless shelters in an area you are trying to revitalize? Do they think that will attract new businesses and residents?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like he ate the shelter instead...

Anonymous said...

Well if they are people of YOUR color where would you suggest putting them?

build the shelter next to bloomingdales????

Anonymous said...

build the shelter next to bloomingdales????


why not - the people in rich communities are subsidized by our taxes and have pushed all the families of their illegal nannies and dishwashers on us.

Anonymous said...

Chandler from Friends said: "Could he BE any fatter?"

georgetheatheist said...

Leroy. What happened to your diet? You look like Dead Man Walking. Lose the weight already!

Anonymous said...

how about next to the mosque at ground zero and a pork palace too.

Anonymous said...

that guy is HUGE!

Babs said...

"build the shelter next to bloomingdales????
why not - the people in rich communities are subsidized by our taxes and have pushed all the families of their illegal nannies and dishwashers on us."

I LIKE that idea - you're RIGHT - fk the rich!

Anonymous said...

Build it in his stomach...The Travelin' Homeless Shelter

Anonymous said...

Looks like he ate the shelter instead...

LMFAO