NYC residents furious over homeless tent encampment in Queens neighborhood

[Hammer Time]

A flame thrower will make things right.

[90sSitcom]

Originally Posted by Aeran

Oh, yeah... and then the riots when the city moved in to get them out. I vaguely remember that. Made all the news for days. And then there was Occupy Wall Street. I guess the city has had their share in the past. And here I was thinking tent city only happened in areas like San Fran.

Occupy wall street became a mess. I remember I moved apts during that time to a smaller apt and donated a lot of my stuff to charity. A co worker got mad I didn't give the blankets and warm clothes to those at occupy wall street . I said screw them. I give my stuff to charity. Not people who are scammers

[Mr.Retired]

Time to gather signatures and refuse to pay rent or property taxes.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by Mr.Retired

Time to gather signatures and refuse to pay rent or property taxes.

It's been done before

"Thus, the city's elite met at Cooper Union in September to discuss political reform: but for the first time, the conversation included not only the usual reformers, but also Democratic bigwigs such as Samuel J. Tilden, who had been thrust aside by Tammany. The consensus was that the "wisest and best citizens" should take over the governance of the city and attempt to restore investor confidence. The result was the formation of the Executive Committee of Citizens and Taxpayers for Financial Reform of the city (also known as "the Committee of Seventy"), which attacked Tammany by cutting off the city's funding. Property owners refused to pay their municipal taxes, and a judge – Tweed's old friend George Barnard – enjoined the city Comptroller from issuing bonds or spending money. Unpaid workers turned against Tweed, marching to City Hall demanding to be paid. Tweed doled out some funds from his own purse – $50,000 – but it was not sufficient to end the crisis, and Tammany began to lose its essential base.[30]

Shortly thereafter, the Comptroller resigned, appointing Andrew Haswell Green, an associate of Tilden, as his replacement. Green loosened the purse strings again, allowing city departments not under Tammany control to borrow money to operate. Green and Tilden had the city's records closely examined, and discovered money that went directly from city contractors into Tweed's pocket. The following day, they had Tweed arrested.[30]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Tweed

[popartist]

Originally Posted by 90sSitcom

Yah in front of the old Coliseum building that was knocked down for TWC.

There was also an encampment for awhile under 2 Columbus Circle across the street (before they totally redid the outside of it) - this was back in the late 80s when I worked in that building.