Monday, August 14, 2023

Reimagining the curb for people displaced by rising median rents

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NY Post

Their housing situation is a stretch.

Homeless people are beating pricey rents in Queens’ hottest neighborhood by living out of their cars and RVs — including two men living the high life out of a beat-up limousine.

In the shadow of luxury high-rise apartments, at least four vehicles are being used as homes along an isolated five-block stretch of Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, The Post found this week.

Among them was a grey Lincoln Town Car Royale with busted-in tinted windows, paint stripped off its roof, many dents, and no license plates.

Inside the limo, skull masks sit atop tarps and sheets, while outside its broken windows are decorated with sheets of duct tape, cardboard, and a blue blanket sporting an eagle and flowers.

For roughly a year, two men have made the limo their home and are regularly spotted sweeping along the area, under the Queensboro Bridge — as if it was their front porch, according to homebound neighbors.

The duo has also been hooking into the city’s power grid for electricity by tapping into a nearby lamppost, residents claim.

“The guys in the limo [are] homeless and you feel terrible,” said one 48-year-old man who works in the neighborhood. “But at the same time, [the limo] is taking up three spots. There’s got to be a better way for [them] to be taken care of.”

 

51 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where is Sandy ? Crickets....

NPC_translator said...

Welcome to Biden's America!

Everything happening right now is deliberate.

GopGeorge said...

They must be communists!

Kitara said...

As long as corporate America and foreign investors are allowed to buy up all the available property, this will only get worse.

Frank Ford said...

Free car storage for all !

Anonymous said...

Hey, they don't even need proper license plates if they can get into the "Trickie Vickie" gang.

Anonymous said...

Thank you greedy, rent gouging landlords around the world.

Anonymous said...

If some Sheeple can store their big lumps of metal for free, then all the Sheeple can do the same.

Anonymous said...

Trying to steal an elect that’s consequences!
Finally…

Anonymous said...

Low-information voters can't distinguish between problems Trump allegedly caused versus problems the fake news caused and assigned to Trump.

Anonymous said...

I love it when I see stories like this. YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW. Great job NYC!

Anonymous said...

Biden voters

GopGeorge said...

We really need Mayor Giuliani back in charge. His expertise in RICO charges would be invaluable.

Anonymous said...

Dystopia vibes

Anonymous said...

Nobody is above the law... Except if they're from my cult.

Anonymous said...

Just so happens that a lot of you voted for what you have. Enjoy...

Anonymous said...

@“ We really need Mayor Giuliani”
Looks like he’s going to be a real expert on RICO after he goes to jail.

Anonymous said...

TrumpTurds new home?

Anonymous said...

@"Where is Sandy ? Crickets...."

I can only presume that this "Sandy", is some kind of QAnon insider thing.

Anonymous said...

All they have to do is say "We are Israel", and watch the taxpayer money flow into their bank accounts.

Anonymous said...

@NPC_doofus RE: "Everything happening right now is deliberate.'

Such as?
While we are on the subject, when can we expect half the US population to drop dead from these vaccines, as you predicted?

Anonymous said...

@"Just so happens that a lot of you voted for what you have. Enjoy..."

Thank you. We will.

Anonymous said...

@"Just so happens that a lot of you voted for what you have. Enjoy..."

Didn't you just say this a few times already? Maybe you need to see a doctor about your "Parrot Syndrome"...

Kitara said...

@"Just so happens that a lot of you voted for what you have. Enjoy..."

I didn't vote for free car storage.

Anonymous said...

Who is Sandy Crickets?

Anonymous said...

@"Nobody is above the law... Except if they're from my cult."

Well, if you wear a suit, have one of those obligatory "Fakriot" flag pins on the lapel, have a large bank account or a multitude of loyal brainwashed sheeple who will contribute to your legal fees, own lots of judges, have access to a corrupt corporate supreme court, have a loyal corporate media to lie on your behalf, have plenty of congress people and senators willing to lie on your behalf, have numerous vloggers willing to lie on your behalf, have a very uneducated populace, have religious corporations willing to lie on your behalf, have no morals,
have years of practice in business ripping off and not paying your contractors,
you very well could be above the law.
At least you'll get the opportunity to walk free, even though you have multiple federal and state charges pending against you.
Time will tell.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Blackrock and your congressional Republican and Democrat enablers.

Anonymous said...

Come on man said...
A free market would fix this by increasing supply if government would just get out of the way. I read there are tens of thousands of units in NYC that sit empty because the regulatory structure is set up that landlords are guaranteed to lose money by renting them. So they don’t.

Anonymous said...

How many people realize rent controlled below market dwellings are subsidized by those paying market rent for dwellings?

Anonymous said...

So lets think , could the best option be not to live in NYC ?

Anonymous said...

2+2=4 said...

The City's massive and overbearing regulatory structure adds massive costs to the construction & maintenance of all apartments.

You can talk about "greedy landlords" all you like, but at the end of the day, so long as nearly half of renters maintain a legal right pay just a small fraction of the market price, landlords have no choice but to charge the difference to those who have no such protections.

Anonymous said...

Illegal Migrant Price !

$00.00 move in deposit
$00.00 Applications Fee
$00.00 Credit Check
$00.00 Broker fee
$00.00 Monthly rent
$00.00 Food
$00.00 Wi-Fi

Anonymous said...

Step back. Take a flight to Mexico, come back across the border without a passport. Say you are seeking asylum, receive an iPhone, a flight to LaGuardia, and stay for free in a four star hotel with free room service. Case closed.

Anonymous said...

I escaped from NYC decades ago and I don't look back. I moved to America. I'm only here because of my family time to time.

Anonymous said...

You get what you vote for.

Anonymous said...

" Kitara said...
As long as corporate America and foreign investors are allowed to buy up all the available property, this will only get worse."

Right, because homelessness has nothing to do with mental illness, addiction and having been in prison....

Anonymous said...

@“ Right, because homelessness has nothing to do with mental illness, ”

Typical rightwing corporate apologist.

Plenty of homeless hardworking Americans thanks to corporate monopolies and overly greedy landlords.

Anonymous said...

Anti Woke said...

Progressive insurance is for the "woke" libs only.

Progressive insurance sued for ‘patently unlawful’ racism for offering $25K grants only to black-owned businesses.

https://nypost.com/2023/08/18/progressive-sued-for-offering-25k-grants-to-black-entrepreneurs-only/

Anonymous said...

@"Anti Woke said..."

You are obviously suffering from "Woke" derangement syndrome. Please seek help.

Anonymous said...

The latest street space taking endeavor is now curb side car washing.

Anonymous said...

Why is it that I see very few Asian or Indian homeless people living on the streets ?
Asking for a friend...

Anonymous said...

Democrats in crisis is awesome to see. They get what they voted for.

Anonymous said...

@"Why is it that I see very few Asian or Indian homeless people living on the streets ?"

Because you live in some swamp down south. There's quite a few around Queens.

Anonymous said...

What could go wrong ?

New York loses $1 trillion in Wall Street business as firms flee the city: report

Nearly 160 Wall Street firms have moved their headquarters out of New York since the end of 2019, taking nearly $1 trillion — yes, that’s trillion with a “T” — in assets under management with them, according to data from 17,000 companies compiled by Bloomberg.

Anonymous said...

It’s disgusting and embarrassing. Cannot believe there are still people that think Biden and this NY government are doing a good job. It makes me furious inside to know how much we are giving other countries when our own people are getting so little. Shame.

Anonymous said...

@“ Right, because homelessness has nothing to do with mental illness, ”

Typical rightwing corporate apologist.

Plenty of homeless hardworking Americans thanks to corporate monopolies and overly greedy landlords.

Friday, August 18, 2023

No. No there's not. You can't name one or find one. Shut the fuck up you piece of shit liar.

Anonymous said...

@"Nearly 160 Wall Street firms have moved their headquarters out of New York since the end of 2019, "

I feel bad for you he/she/it corporate shill.

Anonymous said...

Reason #105 not to live in NYC...

Anonymous said...

@“ No. No there's not. You can't name one or find one. Shut the fuck up you piece of shit liar”
Talking to yourself?

Anonymous said...

The Myth of the 'So-Called Tolerant Left' lol...

Anonymous said...

Talking to yourself? No you Lefty....

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