NYC secretly exports homeless to Hawaii and other states without telling receiving pols

[pipedreams]

"New York City generously shares its homeless crisis with every corner of America.

From the tropical shores of Honolulu and Puerto Rico, to the badlands of Utah and backwaters of Louisiana, the Big Apple has sent local homeless families to 373 cities across the country with a full year of rent in their pockets as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Special One-Time Assistance Program.”  Usually, the receiving city knows nothing about it.

City taxpayers have spent $89 million on rent alone since the program’s August 2017 inception to export 5,074 homeless families — 12,482 individuals — to places as close as Newark and as far as the South Pacific, according to Department of Homeless Services data obtained by The Post. Families, who once lived in city shelters, decamped to 32 states and Puerto Rico."

https://nypost.com/2019/10/26/nyc-homeless-initiative-sends-people-across-us-without-telling-receiving-cities/

[Valmet]

Sounds about right for NY...

[BamaBud]

Deblasio, Bloomberg, Schumer, Nadler, et.al. should take the homeless into their homes. Then see how quick the problem is addressed.

[janice6]

7 hours ago, pipedreams said:

"New York City generously shares its homeless crisis with every corner of America.

From the tropical shores of Honolulu and Puerto Rico, to the badlands of Utah and backwaters of Louisiana, the Big Apple has sent local homeless families to 373 cities across the country with a full year of rent in their pockets as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Special One-Time Assistance Program.”  Usually, the receiving city knows nothing about it.

City taxpayers have spent $89 million on rent alone since the program’s August 2017 inception to export 5,074 homeless families — 12,482 individuals — to places as close as Newark and as far as the South Pacific, according to Department of Homeless Services data obtained by The Post. Families, who once lived in city shelters, decamped to 32 states and Puerto Rico."

https://nypost.com/2019/10/26/nyc-homeless-initiative-sends-people-across-us-without-telling-receiving-cities/

Politicians deceiving.  It's what they do best!

[janice6]

Maybe the "receiving cities" should export their criminals to NYC,  you know,  fair trade and all.

[Moshe]

So NYC is now the Cuba of the United States?

[Moshe]

But, remember a large soft drink in NYC is illegal.  Kidnapping your unwanted and depositing them elsewhere, not so much?