Another secret homeless shelter opens in Queens
From the
Queens Tribune:
The Pan American Hotel in Elmhurst, an Econo Lodge in South Ozone Park, the Verve Hotel in Long Island City, and the Westway Motel in Astoria are among some of the lodging facilities in Queens that have recently been converted to homeless shelters. The Par Central Motor Inn located at 82-85 Parsons Blvd. in Jamaica has also joined this growing list of hotels.
According to the city’s Department of Homeless Services, 33 units in the hotel are currently being used to provide temporary housing for families who need it. The first families moved in last September. The hotel falls under Community Board 8’s area and board members are upset that they were not notified of the DHS’s plan nor were they given a chance to review and comment on it.
16 comments:
This is so ridiculously out of hand. Where are dumblasio and shit head cuomo when you need them? They must get this homeless situation under control.
I think I see a pattern here ... small, non-chain hotels being converted to shelters beneath the communities' collective nose to achieve DeBlasio's vision of zero happiness for all, a liberal portion of discontentment, etc. by pushing the homeless out of gentrifi-cating BK and misery-saturated BX and right into middle class Queens. A dollop for you, a dollop for you.
Verde Hotel is a permanent housing for the homeless - so is Pan American Hotel and so is the West Way too -- all of these politicans knew all about it for years papers were signed along time ago residents were never notified of anything and all they did was have phony meetings -- Vallone knew all about the West Way for years - Danny Dromm knew about the Pan American for years too and as for the Verde Jimmy Van Bramer knew too papers were signed along time ago -- and more to come just wait and see
Why hasn't the grand exalted ever so wise credit plundering governor or even our self-serving pseudo progressive mayor declared a state of emergency to tackle this alarmingly growing homeless population?
And wasn't the transferring of homeless to hotels suppose to stop when they fired the last DHS commissioner. Oh yeah, he stepped down and returned to an advisory role, where he could do unofficial damage to the city and to the most destitute and unfortunate.
It seems lately that the majority of shelters has popped up in the world's borough. Will those intrepid statisticians at streeteasy help inform us of this in the same way they are discouraging residents from living here when they determine sudden real estate speculation and interest in an area and disturbing though fraudulent interactive map of affordability.
Define "temporary"...
According to the city’s Department of Homeless Services, 33 units in the hotel are currently being used to provide temporary housing for families who need it.
"I need, I need, I need! Woe to you, NY taxpayer!"
I'M JUST WAITING ON THE PALACE HOTEL AND THE WALDORF TO START ACCEPTING HOMELESS VOUCHERS SO THAT I CAN APPLY MYSELF...
here come the bums!!!
Stuffing them in Hotels makes them easier to count on the next census. NY can't afford to lose more seats in the House.
and the owners get about $3,000.00 a room per month -
There's been a panhandler outside this hotel since last year because of the very long light on the service road. Now they can tag team.
Sending them to hotels is a temporary solution till the winter weather disappears. There should be a residency requirement for those seeking long term assistance.
they also use the word "Dormitory" too which means homeless shelter in alot of new buildings that are going up on Queens Boulevard so beware --
Shhhhhhhhh
Don't tell anybody ;-)
There is a huge disparity berween hotels in the city that accept homeless people vs hotels/motels in the outer boro's that are forced to take them in. No one talking about that.
And I'm sure the new hotels being built on Queens Boulevard between Hillside and Jamaica Avenue will become shelters. Great.
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