Posted on 10/27/2019 2:44:17 PM PDT by david1292
New York City is spreading its homeless crisis across the nation by quietly sending homeless people to other cities in the U.S., all without giving the receiving cities a heads up.
The city has deployed local homeless families to 373 cities across the U.S.— from Honolulu to Louisiana— with a year’s worth of rent as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Special One-Time Assistance Program,” without alerting local officials in those cities, the New York Post reported.
The Post reported that city taxpayers spent $89 million on rent to ship 5,074 homeless families—or 12,482 individuals— out of the city since the program started in August 2017.
The families, initially housed in the city’s shelters, were sent to 32 states and far-flung locales such as Puerto Rico.
The city also doled out money for travel expenses through another city taxpayer-funded program called Project Reconnect, but there was no word on how much the city spent on this program.
The Department of Homeless Services defended the high costs of the program, saying that housing the homeless in city-run shelters costs $41,000 per family per year compared with the average yearly rent of $17,563 to transplant families elsewhere.
Even though the agency claims it is saving money, the cities on the receiving end of the program are reportedly not happy.
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Meanwhile, watch de Blasio take credit.
Didn’t liberals, including de Blasio, moan and whine when Trump sent illegals to sanctuary cities? So, really, what’s the difference?
NYC possibly sending undocumented Democrats to swing states?
Gee, its getting cold in NYC so I think I would like to go to Honolulu with a years rent. Are you kidding me?
LA- and San franshitco used to do this a lot too.
It’s calling littering.
Or spreading the poverty around.
$7,000 to each person, families got to double, triple, etc dip.
They’ve taken a page out of Michelle Obama’s book. Her job at the hospital was to run a program where indigent patients were given bus tickets to public hospitals.
Do they ship them in those USPS “One Price Per Box” shipping boxes?
They usually tell them the benefits are better in the state to which they send them.
Buy stock in Greyhound. New York is fair game to send your homeless to.
They get a bus ticket AND a Relo package ?!?!?!?
Also most states or local ordinances have a minimum square footage law for apartments. They should reduce that to 200 square feet and let developers go to work on getting people the housing they need. Hell, I'd rather live in a tiny 100 square foot room than to sleep in the NYC streets.
Bet a lot of them take the money and then stay anyways. lol
It’s done in NYS. Last I knew NYC was bussing them up to Broome County in Upstate. NYC will buy the bus ticket outta town, but won’t cover the welfare costs to the county.
If one of these transpots committed a serious crime in the relocated city, I hope the victims sue NYC for damages.
Athens, Georgia has homeless?! They are thinking about building a new dorm near Creswell where the old Bolton used to be.
DaCommieo needs to put them up at the walled Mayor’s mansion compound.
Nobody needs that much space for themselves.
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