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NetQuarterLatte t1_j7nxqt3 wrote

Now review all the contracts he approved without proper oversight.

Reminder that a typical congregate shelter around here charges the city 5k per month per bed. Beds packed in big rooms with shared restroom.

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mtempissmith t1_j7o36yv wrote

Just to give you all some perspective I think there were 55K people in the shelters when I got there a few years ago. So in less than one year they have nearly had that many people AGAIN arrive from elsewhere needing shelter. The drain on the shelter system's funds is just staggering.

Plus not that I'm anti immigrant per se they're basically bumping homeless people that have been waiting for housing potentially for years to the back of the line. It took me over three years and two different shelters plus a couple more years on the street to get housing. It's not exactly the fastest process from entry to housing as it is. Double the people in less than a year and it's a going to take way longer for some of the people already in the system to get anywhere.

It's definitely been interesting watching the mayor's office go from being supportive to sounding downright grumpy...

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thoughtsarefalse t1_j7oykn0 wrote

Replying to NetQuarterLatte (#1,750,738)

which is effing insane since thats basically 2-3 or even more times the price of rent for a single person. And they live with such poor conditions the average homeless person chooses to forego the option.

5k is nutjob money for a single bed. And it’s why hotels are cheaper alternatives.

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Jubal7 t1_j7p3he4 wrote

Agency directors are often just figure heads and have no real knowledge of their jobs. Thats why they come and go. My mom was a deputy director of a major city agency through many mayoral admins. Thered be at least 2 new appointments per admis term but she and her teams ran the show.

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73577357 t1_j7petae wrote

I've been waiting decades in NJ working and renting. The commute is really bad. It's ridiculous we have to wait so long for free housing in NYC. Housing should be a right for everyone in NYC. I've thought about moving to Texas to get away from it all and jumping on one of these priority NYC housing shuttles.

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PKMKII t1_j7pgv1v wrote

Replying to thoughtsarefalse (#1,752,195)

TBF there’s a lot of support services involved in a homeless shelter that aren’t part of a typical rental apartment. Of course, there’s a lot of issues with waste, mismanagement, straight up graft, but comparing shelter cost per tenant to apartment rents is apples to oranges.

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Double-Ad4986 t1_j7pl3w4 wrote

Replying to colourcodedcandy (#1,753,014)

No it's not even close. Texas CITIES literally have a quarter of the population that nyc has & literally gets money directly from the federal government to handle the migrants. We don't. We even try & want to help them unlike tex-ass & yet they're still getting checks from the fed for what?? busses?? Texas is a fucking joke & will always be. To think otherwise is simply stupid & more republican propaganda nonsense. Yeah we aren't handling this as good as we should, but the city is struggling in general from Albany taking a good portion of our money and pooling it into delapidated areas of the state no one even cares about. If the city kept it's revenue & cut the corruption then we'd actually get somewhere

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colourcodedcandy t1_j7pp5tt wrote

Replying to Double-Ad4986 (#1,753,374)

I'm absolutely not saying TX handles the crisis reasonably and they definitely need to stop sending more people elsewhere because they do get federal funding to handle this.

I'm mainly talking about people's perceptions towards immigrants changing, which is sad to see, and potentially proving republicans right when they say you will change your tune when you have migrants come to your city. I find the anger in this thread (and many others of late) to be misdirected towards the migrants than the city/government. I agree with your take in general, but I find many others are just blaming the migrants.

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TopspinLob t1_j7qn3bo wrote

Replying to LoompaOompa (#1,754,190)

You don’t need to be anti-migrant to also look at the logistics of providing affordable housing, employment, public social services, and social assimilation to people who arrive at rates faster than all of this can be accomplished.

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Double-Ad4986 t1_j7qsbhv wrote

Replying to xSlappy- (#1,755,729)

yeah but still not bigger than the cities these migrants are being bussed to. if you wanna talk individual cities lets add up the population of Chicago, NYC, DC, & Boston and compare that to the big cities of Texas and again the population rates still wouldn't even be CLOSE to the same...

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spicytoastaficionado t1_j7rvgrj wrote

Replying to Double-Ad4986 (#1,753,374)

>literally gets money directly from the federal government to handle the migrants.

Federal humanitarian aid for migrants goes to nonprofits as grants, who then disperse it to local nonprofit networks.

The money doesn't go directly to the state or local governments of Texas.

It goes to large nonprofits such as United Way, CARECEN, and Catholic Charities.

Also, Texas gets the amount of migrant arrivals in a single week than NYC has gotten since last spring.

The federal aid earmarked for migrant aid doesn't come close to being enough.

Don't believe me? Just ask the democrat Mayor of El Paso who declared a state of emergency in his city of the migrant crisis just two months after he said the White House urged him not to do so.

Border states like Texas do not get reimbursed by the federal government for expenses related to long-term migrant care. NY is about to find this out.

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>Texas is a fucking joke & will always be. To think otherwise is simply stupid & more republican propaganda nonsense.

Ironic for you to say this in a post where you're spreading propaganda nonsense.

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osmumten_faang t1_j7s7tb6 wrote

Now that he actually needs to do something to justify the taxpayer funded salary he quits. Classy.

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colourcodedcandy t1_j7u9amy wrote

Replying to TopspinLob (#1,755,501)

That's the city's problem - perhaps the city needs to stop calling other parts of the country inhumane for sending migrants to NYC and then following it up by bussing them to Canada. I'm not saying NYC has the resources to deal with it or whatever, but this is deeply hypocritical

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