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Old 11-08-2019, 08:59 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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That’s good, they should get out to see the world, just don’t come to my neck of the woods....
Or what?
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Old 11-08-2019, 09:14 PM
 
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Looks like New York City has hit upon a "solution" they like, to the homeless problem: Ship them to other cities. Preferably without telling the other cities they're coming.

If your city is having trouble with increasing numbers of homeless, and running out of money to support them all, this may have something to do with it.

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https://nypost.com/2019/10/26/nyc-ho...eiving-cities/

NYC secretly exports homeless to Hawaii and other states without telling receiving pols

by Sara Dorn
October 26, 2019 | 5:55pm | Updated

NYC homeless initiative sends people across the US — without telling receiving cities

From the tropical shores of Honolulu and Puerto Rico, to the badlands of Utah and backwaters of Louisiana, the Big Apple has sent local homeless families to 373 cities across the country with a full year of rent in their pockets as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Special One-Time Assistance Program.” Usually, the receiving city knows nothing about it.

City taxpayers have spent $89 million on rent alone since the program’s August 2017 inception to export 5,074 homeless families — 12,482 individuals — to places as close as Newark and as far as the South Pacific, according to Department of Homeless Services data obtained by The Post. Families who once lived in city shelters decamped to 32 states and Puerto Rico.

The city also paid travel expenses, through a separate taxpayer-funded program called Project Reconnect, but would not divulge how much it spent. A Friday flight to Honolulu for four people would cost about $1,400. A bus ticket to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the same family would cost $800.

Add to the tab the cost of furnishings, which the city also did not disclose. One SOTA recipient said she received $1,000 for them.
We should bus them to pollution clean up sites and put them to work. No work, no handouts!
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Old 11-09-2019, 06:53 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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So Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Special One-Time Assistance Program” is in fact a Greyhound Ticket to Florida.
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Old 11-09-2019, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Home is Where You Park It
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With the tax weary people leaving NY the city is moving toward becoming a ghost town.
Indeed. There's only about 8.75 million people left there. (https://uspopulation2019.com/populat...city-2019.html) It's really eerie to see all those abandoned buildings and empty streets in what was once the most populous city in America.

Oh wait. It's STILL the most populous city in America.

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Old 11-09-2019, 07:54 AM
 
Location: Home is Where You Park It
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So Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Special One-Time Assistance Program” is in fact a Greyhound Ticket to Florida.
As noted above, just about all social service agencies will help homeless people travel to be reunited with family/friends. Typically, a social worker will check that the designated family/friend really exists and is willing to help the homeless person. Seems like a sensible thing to do to me.

But not surprisingly, things don't always work out as intended. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-country-study
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Old 11-09-2019, 07:57 AM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Send them back or to the Redlands. If they move them around enough, they will never be homeless.
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Old 12-26-2019, 11:33 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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California has had a 16% increase in homeless population since last year. I wonder how many of them used to be residents in New York City?
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Old 12-27-2019, 01:16 AM
 
Location: Florida
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New York City's "homeless initiative" sends people across the US — without telling receiving cities (Mexican, borders)
Probably got the idea from Trump who dumps illegal immigrants in cities in the dark of the night.
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Old 12-27-2019, 02:09 AM
 
Location: Heart of the desert lands
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As noted above, just about all social service agencies will help homeless people travel to be reunited with family/friends. Typically, a social worker will check that the designated family/friend really exists and is willing to help the homeless person. Seems like a sensible thing to do to me.

But not surprisingly, things don't always work out as intended. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-country-study
Checking on a suitable place in the new city seems optional at best.

From your article:

""....People are routinely sent thousands of miles away after only a cursory check by authorities to establish they have a suitable place to stay once they get there. Some said they feel pressured into taking tickets, and others described ending up on the streets within weeks of their arrival...."

My mother was telling me recently of a friend of hers that was called by social services from out of state (Washington state I think) regarding her 30 something aged son that had been living rough. He was nothing but trouble to his parents, and she told them he wasnt welcome, nor did she want to speak to him. He arrived shortly afterwards on a bus to Minnesota, late last fall. The ticket was provided to him. It being nearly winter she allowed him to stay " a few days until he figured something out" but he is still there and causing the same old problems he did before.

Cities have been doing kind of thing for quite a while now.
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Old 12-27-2019, 02:45 AM
 
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Cities and states don’t get to pick their residents in the United States. You don’t have to inform anyone of anything.
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