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SaintBrutus t1_iw8lgwh wrote

The one near me in BK was put up at the end of Summer, there was rain and it was flooded out, but thankfully no human being ever had to live there.

I’m really confused by all of this.

A lot of money was spent on phantom humans we never actually saw.

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Magnus462 t1_iwaao5u wrote

Probably all set up so NYC looks like it’s doing something in the eyes of the media. Why else spend all that money for empty camps?

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BiblioPhil t1_iwbrs68 wrote

Wow, that's so theatrical and performative, unlike the act of shuttling misinformed asylum seekers a thousand miles away and stranding them in NYC.

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cambriancatalyst t1_iwakhty wrote

A lot of money was funneled from tax payers pockets to Adams acquaintances

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AndieTy t1_iwa4zrr wrote

Just lurking but anyone see a supposed trucker protest today? If not I guess it's tomorrow

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ConsumeristWhore t1_iwbnejf wrote

There were multiple bus loads of people showing up every day. They weren't "phantom humans" they were real people trying to find asylum. Many left once they arrived because the city offered them bus tickets elsewhere. Some ended up being temporarily housed. Some just needed to get to a Western Union to get money and were completely independent.

The reason this shelter stayed empty is because by the time it was built Texas and Florida stopped sending busses. Remember that this crisis for NYC was entirely manufactured by other state/city governments. Once NYC made the investment to handle it, they stopped the crisis.

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