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HEIMDVLLR t1_ir064jx wrote

They might as well placed them on Riker’s Island.

Edit: Randall’s island has a psych ward, homeless shelters and where a lot of sex offenders are allowed to live.

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PorchHonky t1_ir06uke wrote

It’s also my favorite bike ride!

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readyforthehausu t1_ir09oev wrote

I used to make the commute to run out there. Some lovely sections with dystopian tics.

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aabbboooo t1_ir1r39e wrote

It really is a nice place to run, bike, play baseball.

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drpvn t1_ir08f71 wrote

The bus to Randall’s Island can get pretty wild.

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laughing_behemoth t1_ir0iutr wrote

Why?

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aabbboooo t1_ir1qnf3 wrote

Many of the people who are assigned to shelters on Wards Island rely on the bus. In addition, the Wards Island shelter is one of the few in the city that can accommodate people with disabilities, so using pedestrian paths isn’t an option.

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ThreeLittlePuigs t1_ir0e6zo wrote

So does my neighborhood and likely the one in the Bronx where they were building the encampment in the first place. There’s plenty of reasons to criticize the move without throwing the homeless under the bus as some awful population to be nearby

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HEIMDVLLR t1_ir0gapq wrote

Trust me that wasn’t my intentions.

The point I was trying to make is, they’re pushing these asylum seekers further away, out of sight and out of mind.

The city uses Randall’s island as a means to satisfy the NIMBY’s. “Place them over there on that island, where we send everyone we don’t want in our neighborhood”

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app4that t1_ir0nb12 wrote

Funny part of poking fun of NIMBY is that once violent crime and/or property crime spikes no one wants derelicts, homeless, offenders or addicts in their neighborhood, I don’t care who they are.

And to be honest, if these places are not being actively monitored for criminal activity (and I don’t believe they ever are) then don’t put these places filled with people prone to crime in neighborhoods where families or seniors live.

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jonishay8 t1_ir0itgy wrote

I wonder what a rikers Island inmate would choose if you offered them the option to live on Randall’s island vs rikers

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Grass8989 t1_ir1o7p7 wrote

Since this is just a processing center, and they will be released into homeless shelters, it would probably make sense for them to be close to shelters. This was never intended on being a long term living arrangement.

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