New York City's "homeless initiative" sends people across the US — without telling receiving cities (Mexican, borders)

[Roboteer]

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.

[AnesthesiaMD]

LOL. So I guess Bill de Blasio isn’t a complete idiot.

But even a broken clock is right twice a day.

I always wondered why homeless people stay in cold climates anyway. If I was homeless, i would find my way down to Miami or San Diego.

[cachibatches]

They should all be going to the badlands of Utah...and Arizona, Nevada, etc. Deserts were made by god to store the things no one wants near then, conceal the actions that not everyone can see, and do the tests that no one wants done.

So all nuclear waste and bums should be sent to the desert.

[Retroit]

Send ‘em to Mexico.

[redwood66]

My little tiny town hospital in California sometimes got crazy homeless people in the ER, once they were stable they were put on a bus to Portland, OR.

[engineman]

With the tax weary people leaving NY the city is moving toward becoming a ghost town.

[middle-aged mom]

All states bus homeless to states where the homeless claim they have friends/family. Florida is likely the top busser. It also requires the homeless person to sign a document acknowledging they will be banned if they return to Florida. What that means is that they will be ineligible for social services.
Many take to sleeping on the beaches in Florida and can become a nuisance.

Busing is voluntary. States don't have any obligation to provide the receiving state with notice. States don't have the resources or inclination to follow up.

[Roboteer]

Hmm. Well, Los Angeles and San Diego definitely have a homeless problem (most medium-to-large cities do, I guess).

I'm happy to see New York City is in favor of the idea of busing homeless people to other cities.

So, time to get going. When will LA and San Diego start busing their homeless to New York City?

[itshim]

Originally Posted by Retroit

Send ‘em to Mexico.

Yup, it'd be interesting to see the response by the Mexican government if our homeless just showed up at their borders claiming asylum by the thousands.

[Above Average Bear]

That’s good, they should get out to see the world, just don’t come to my neck of the woods....