Posted on 09/25/2013 11:19:56 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Almost a year after Hurricane Sandy, hundreds of displaced New Yorkers living in hotels face eviction.
Many of them have or are applying for federal rental subsidies, but finding affordable apartments has proved daunting. A few of those still in hotels are homeowners whose houses have not yet been repaired.
But saying there is no longer money for hotel stays, lawyers for the city went to court on Tuesday trying to evict the approximately 350 remaining evacuees by Oct. 1 and steer them into homeless shelters. The lawyers said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would end reimbursements to the city for the hotel program on Monday and that the city did not have the money to put up the last evacuees while they look for housing.
The hotels in the city program have cost the federal government more than $73 million so far.
The prospect of moving to a shelter is unthinkable to evacuees like Nicole Neal, 39, a guest at a Holiday Inn in Brooklyn who said she and her teenage son had been homeless for two and a half years before moving to an apartment in Far Rockaway, Queens, that was left uninhabitable by the storm.
“I’m not going to no more shelters — I’ve been there and done that,” she said, breaking down in sobs during an interview. “I don’t know what I’m going to do. I don’t want to think about it.”
That hundreds of evacuees remain without permanent housing underscores the slow pace of recovery for many low-income New Yorkers after the storm, from homeowners coping with a lack of flood insurance or inadequate insurance, to renters who were not able to return to their homes and have not been able to find suitable housing.
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Hey Kart, wanna see “Sandy + 365”?
but...But...Uncle Obama cares about me...that’s why I voted for him!
“I’m not going to no more shelters — I’ve been there and done that,” she said, breaking down in sobs during an interview. “I don’t know what I’m going to do. I don’t want to think about it.”
Maybe you and your son each get a job? Of course, the earned income might interfere with eligibility for the many welfare programs. I suspect that is the real issue.
WTF? I guessing that this sterling citizen was not gainfully employed prior to the storm and has been living on the dole most of her life.
Gee, I thought “Fatso and The Fag” were going to take care of everybody.....
Sounds like the shiftless years after Hurricane Katrina. It’s great to be a storm victim in some states.
Aww, you lived on the beach and didn’t take precautions for a hurricane? Who’s fault is that?
Just for the record, I practically do back flips preparing for a hurricane. (SFL) And I don’t even live on the beach.
The government, federal, state or local, should not be putting people in hotels for one year after a natural disaster. “
Rather reminds me of what we in Houston went through with those that came over from Louisiana after Katrina. I would suspect that many of the Katrina evacuees are still here and still living off of government money.
Maybe they could give them some FEMA trailers to park on the beach.
There have been hundreds stashed, empty, on the indian reservation near me for the last 6-8 months. And those are just the ones that I can see from the public roads. No telling how many more might be secreted up the ‘no public access roads’.
I know it's for hotel and social services, but that comes out to $543 a day. You can get a room at Marriot Marquis with a view of Times Square for $296 a night. What exactly are they spending $195K a year on for these folks?
Cue the music:
"Ain't nobody got time fo' dat!"
"Ain't nobody got time fo' dat!"
"Ain't nobody got time, ain't nobody got time, ain't nobody got time fo' dat!"
Some people naturally gravitate toward a parasitic lifestyle.
Just went up to $329/ night, single occupancy. They must have read your post. LOL.
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/nycmq-new-york-marriott-marquis/
Aaaaah NYC..full of whiney scumbags that can do nothing for themselves! And home of Dangerous Carlos too!
BLOOD SUCKERS are STILL living off of OUR MONEY!!
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