I'm sure those people in the mayor's office is getting a kick out of this while they sip their champagne, and say, "well as long as I don't have to live over there...I think it's a brilliant idea, good going Bloomy". We need more luxury hotels in Manhattan anyway...LOL
Well, what do you say? Just like the election coming up on Nov. 4th 2008 --
"YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE"
Community Alert: Town Hall Mtg Tomorrow OCT. 16th 7-9pm
***Side Note*** The Brooklyn men's shelter containing 200 beds on two floors (approximately 217,000 square feet of space) and occasional Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
Here is a comment from, George T. McDonald, founder and president of the Doe Fund, which runs a program for the homeless known as Ready, Willing & Able, said in a statement:
Once again, the naysayers are trying to take a positive development in the city’s homeless services and somehow turn it into a negative. The relocation of men’s intake to Bedford-Atlantic is a step forward for the homeless men D.H.S. serves: not only will it result in a better ratio of clients to staff, it will also beef up security and improve programs such as prevention, family reunion services and financial assistance. And, despite what critics are claiming, the relocation will not hurt the community, nor will it increase the number of people living unsheltered. Thanks to the city’s innovations in street outreach services, D.H.S. has successfully moved more than 850 people indoors in the past year. Clearly, people living on the street are responding well to the city’s customized approach. D.H.S. needs to do what is in the best interests of its clients, and that is exactly what it is doing with this enhancement in services.I lived in the Bellevue Shelter for a month before transferring to a more comfortable city shelter run by a nonprofit. I don’t recommend it.
That being said, these programs which claim to provide a better alternative to Bellevue, as Ms. Brosnahan observes, can’t meet the need. For most people, the housing process is much more difficult and takes much more time than Mr. Hess suggests. Medical evaluations, psychological profiles, safety-net service applications become bogged down for months in an underfunded, understaffed, poorly motivated agency.
The tactic of centralizing intake is a way of ridding the neighborhood of people the neighborhood would rather not see. Moving to Crown Heights? Perfect place to ship all these shabby dark skinned people, get them out of the pocket parks, supermarkets, sidewalks.
Ethnic cleansing, the American way.
— Barry Blitstein
