Sunday, October 9, 2016
Jamaica hotel without C of O used to house homeless
From DNA Info:
The city placed homeless families at a new hotel on Jamaica Avenue before the building before obtained its Certificate of Occupancy, documents posted on the Department of Building's website indicate.
The Department of Homeless Services confirmed to DNAinfo New York that it is currently renting rooms to house homeless families with children at the brand-new building at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 183rd Street which does not have any logo nor a reception area.
But neighbors, who said they were never informed that the building would be used to house the homeless, said that the city started placing families there before the building was even completed, they said.
From Cleanup Jamaica Queens:
More than just wrong, TOTALLY ILLEGAL. First, it is illegal for anyone to be in a building that does not have a certificate of occupancy and TOTALLY ILLEGAL to place homeless people in a hotel or any place that does not have a kitchen, yet the city and this awful mayor dumblasio is skirting all kind of legal issues. I am curious, how many of those people are from Jamaica, how many of those people are here in this country legally, how many of these people came from another state recently (NY is a right to shelter state, which is a BIG PROBLEM in itself), how many of these people pose a threat to others and the community due to a history of crime, drug/alcohol/mental healthy issues & violence, which we have seen a pattern of this in the majority of these places.
All this talk and all this money about investing in Jamaica and then more than 5 hotels have already been turned into homeless shelters and more hotels are being built. I was not aware that Jamaica, let alone Queens was a huge tourist attraction (WHICH IT IS NOT) that so many hotels (and small shady ones by shady owners) are being built.
Every time Jamaica attempts to make 1 step forward, the powers that be turn around and take three steps back.
Indeed.
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Crappie Said :
"I am curious, how many of those people are from Jamaica, how many of those people are here in this country legally, how many of these people came from another state recently (NY is a right to shelter state, which is a BIG PROBLEM in itself), how many of these people pose a threat to others and the community due to a history of crime, drug/alcohol/mental healthy issues & violence, which we have seen a pattern of this in the majority of these places."
You're joking right?! They're all illegal and they're all from elsewhere, This is how the democrat party builds it's constituent/voter base in NYC. And if you're reading this from out of state, it's coming to an area near you. No one is immune to a corrupt, incompetent
political machine. Be warned and consider this when you vote next month....
Actually, Joe Moretti said it and I excerpted it.
People were housed, fed, educated and put to work by the Federal Government in WW II at various relocation centers.
The most notable was at MANZANAR in the Owens valley of California.
Face it, the City of New York is now engaging in a modern day version of population relocation - hotel internment camps for the homeless.
Spread the misery.
Every other day it seems another community is getting this whole big business homeless hotel shit (which as I said is illegal)shoved down their throat and I think this is good because for once, I think (hopefully) that people are finally wising up and standing up on this issues.
This Mayor has been so ineffective and destructive at the same time, while accomplishing very little, yet, this douche bag may get another 2nd term, if folks fall asleep at the wheel. Massive turnout, especially from communities who have had this bullshit thrown at them, can change that though.
Warehousing of vulnerable human beings is appalling and then putting them in to hotels, which is ILLEGAL just adds to it.
And while many say "poor homeless", what about hard working folks who actually pay taxes and the lowering of property values and quality of life when many of these homeless hotels get dumped into their communities, which by the way happen to the majority of more vulnerable communities many times and get dumped by the dozen in communities of color, like Jamaica, while many communities have none to little. And this has nothing to do with how many homeless are in those communities, since a community like Jamaica has many homeless put into shelters that are from places like Bronx and other communities. Don't know what the statistics are but I am sure the number of actually homeless from Manhattan far out way the homeless in Queens, yet Queens is becoming know as Homeless Village from the previous title of the Third World Borough. Hell, even third world folks are waking up to this bullshit.
While this mayor did not cause this homeless problem (which is a problem not a crisis like they are telling the sheep, a city of say 9 million with a homeless population of 60,000 is only .66%, hardly a crisis), he has handled the situation poorly along with the questionable Department of Homeless Services which is fucking over both these homeless folks and the communities where they are getting dumped.
First this whole law "right to shelter" in NYC needs to end since we have many coming from other states & countries putting the cost burden on NY as opposed to where these people originated. And instead of building more and more hotels and luxury apartment building, build some small apartment buildings for these populations and spread them out evenly over all areas and provide the proper services for these folks including becoming NOT homeless and properly employed instead of dumping them into hotel rooms and letting them fend for themselves and staying in the cycle of homelessness. We have already seen what the cycle of welfare did decades ago, now meet the "new boss", the homeless cycle, which is making a select few rich.
Many of these are illegals. My question is how many of these illegals have family here and are told "hey come to NY they will give your housing, food stamps and health care".
Great benefits and all free!
Something to think about...NY state is a right to shelter state....what is the state making on this?
What is the kick backs they get from this?
They must be making something on this.
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