Residents took turns in giving testimonies of the destruction associated with shelters.
Residents shouted and demanded the presence of councilman Miller.
Surprise, surprise, Councilman Miller appeared. He gave a speech, saying that he met with other leaders; and there are no concrete plans to build shelters.
Their fears are a reality. Below are photos of early morning activities from a shelter. Location,164 th. place & 108th. avenue. These women are early risers. They smoke, drink, and sit around all day long.
Monday morning, bright & early, Sep. 28 th., time 7: 43 a.m. This is their norm.
This is a perfect example of why Hollis residents want to keep shelters out of their area.
Hollis residents said; that they fear for children who have to walk to and from school. Shelters, harbour derelicts that prowl by day; because during the daytime shelters have to be closed.
Senator Comrie and congressman Meeks are aware of the Saturdays' protests; they remain NO SHOW.
The protests will continue and continue and continue........We will Not be ignored.
P. Hazel: Social Media Journalist for Justice.
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Makes me so mad when black communities becoming the dumping grounds by "progressives". Pamela Hazel, you need to take these protests right to the mayor's office, with signs that clearly indicate he is a racist.
And our mayor is welcoming ALL.
Even asking the President for more "refugees".
And these people are lifelong Dems...
Contact the Mayors office for Community Outreach.
It's not just me and the various commenters here for the past year that the city is concentrating and warehousing the homeless crisis in Queens. And of course in the least supposed hippest areas of Queens, particularly south and east. The tale of 2 cities continues.
It's atrocious that these shiftless poor people refuse to make an effort to better their lives, too. But what can one expect when there is a palpable anarchic vibe in the air these days. From the rubber stamp rezoning that have emboldened opportunistic greed among developers to the blatant intentional lack of interest and indifference from those entrusted to serve their districts to the social and moral decay among citizens.
"They smoke, drink, and sit around all day long."... Funny, I stopped smoking when they hit $10 a pack because I couldn't afford it. I guess they have an extra $100 a week.
just an fyi, that shelter on 164 & 108th is packed full of your tax dollars also as every one of those residents is on welfare. Ive dealt with those people first hand. every last one of them is receiving their "public" assistance.
This is not a statement against the homeless or underprivileged, but about the continual dumping of everything that other communities (white) do not want into black neighborhoods and communities of color. They never get a break to improve themselves with this constant dumping of shit, lack of enforcement of laws and continual ignoring of quality of life issue by elected officials and THIS MAYOR.
This is just more of the systematic destruction of black communities, while our elected leaders past and present twiddle their thumbs and do nothing but watch the destruction of black communities that they themselves are helping to cause because they have no fucking balls and do not stand up for what is right.
Just the other day, Senator Comrie, Councilman Miller and the Democratic machine backed Assembly candidate Hyndmann were yapping it up because a Chase branch was closing in Springfield Gardens, like that is the end of civilization and something that none of them can do anything about. But on this issue, where the hell are they. A fucking branch of a bank closing, when another one is not too far away, is nothing. But shit like shelters being dumped in huge numbers in this community has a major detrimental effect on a community. A bank branch closing does not mean shit.
Would any of this take place in Forest Hills? Would any of this take place in the Mayor’s old neighborhood? So why should the Jamaica community deal with tons of quality of life issues that rarely get addressed.
Ironic how everyone wants to scream RACISM when it is convenient to do so, but in instances like this, where it is so blatant, SILENCE.
I love how liberals & Democrats (which I am both) want justice for all, but only as long as they do not have to see it in their own backyard, especially the elected officials. Hypocrites and this is the issue I have with many liberals and Democrats, NOT IN MY BACKYARD, but otherwise I am for it.
Hey Joe, I thought the idea was to shelter the homeless in the neighborhoods where they previously lived. Less disruption to their lives, kids go to the same school, etc.
"They smoke, drink, and sit around all day long."
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Sounds like retirement in Florida. Where's the fishing?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Hey Joe, I thought the idea was to shelter the homeless in the neighborhoods where they previously lived. Less disruption to their lives, kids go to the same school, etc.
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No, that is not always the case. It is wherever there is room regardless of what community the people had lived in. Many people in the shelters in Jamaica are not originally from Jamaica, they are from all over including the Bronx. Many of those in the Pan AM shelter are not from that area.
And not everyone has kids in these places as well. Certainly the crew in this place do not look like they have kids, at least I would hope not. They would not put kids in a home like this.
This epidemic cannot be addressed by sticking neighborhoods with "Beds"... resulting in a concentration of people who often require serious support, operated by entities who see a quick buck.
Give them a broom and gloves and have them clean up their neighborhood. Make them EARN their welfare checks.
Joe Moretti said...
This is not a statement against the homeless or underprivileged, but about the continual dumping of everything that other communities (white) do not want into black neighborhoods and communities of color... You must not get around much Joe, in case you haven't noticed there are no more white neighborhoods in NYC. There are only rich and poor. NYC officials will never put homeless in the rich areas because they have money to fight them and that's where they live.
The pictures remind me of a quote I read many years ago.
"We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."
Ronald Reagan
We are just continuing a cycle of ENDLESS dependency.
Remember, BJ Clinton signed the republican welfare reform bill, which forced people to get a job and be productive members of society. IMHO this did help spur the good economic times. The current President's pen magically eliminated restrictions, including "workfare" and this is what we get. If they get free goodies, democrats get all the votes.
Many of the homeless are from Virginia, North Carolina, Mexico, Equator, Haiti, DR, Guatemala, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and so many other diverse areas.
YOU are paying for them. How nice of you.
We must be welcoming of this "diverse" cultural influx into our melting pot.
Unfortunately most of them melt as well as tungsten does...
Anon stated:
You must not get around much Joe, in case you haven't noticed there are no more white neighborhoods in NYC.
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Maybe I should have said predominately white..............Forest Hills, Long Island City, Park Slope, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Riverdale, yeah there are some.
I unfortunately live in South Jamaica on 108th avenue in one of the three story co-ops and I must say I absolutely hate living here. Since I'm 18 I'm living with my mom and trying to save up all the money I can to get the fuck outta here. Walking past the shelter to take the N4 to work I have seen these women in the morning smoking and drinking thinking they're cute. South Jamaica has to be one of the worst neighborhoods in Queens.
Watch out for the DHS, Dept of Homeless Services, they will like to you like they did to the people in Rockaway. DHS said they were not planning to put in a shelter then in two weeks there is one on Beach 59th Street.
I agree with the commenter who stated that the homeless are from all parts of the USA including other countries. They are resettled here by various non profits affiliated with churches. The homeless illegal aliens know that not only will they be given government benefits but that they have more right to a NYC civil service job than American citizens born in this city.
Send them back home to their countries of origin.
Joe, you're living in La La Land. Greenpoint had four new shelters since Bloomberg. We are flooded with the same problems with these people during the daytime.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Joe, you're living in La La Land. Greenpoint had four new shelters since Bloomberg. We are flooded with the same problems with these people during the daytime.
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I was just commenting on communities that were predominately white, since someone stated there are no more white communities and mentioned Greenpoint, I did not say anything about shelters there.
Nothing is scarier than a bunch of old ladies sitting on a fenced in lawn.
I don't doubt that shelter residents don't make for great neighbors. But the pictures in this article hardly show anything people wouldn't do on their own lawns.
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