[Williams]

Ban on food donations is consistent with helping the homeless.

Let that insanity sink in a bit.

This is exactly what liberals in our cities spend theit time on - making everything more expensive and less efficient for the citizens.

In addition to (deliberately) destroying private charity and making it more expensive to feed the homeless, just think about how wasteful it is that city employees even think about and promulgate such rules.

In a just society these officials would be told to stop wasting money and get out on the street at night to monitor crime, or else be fired because they are worse than useless.

[Bigh4u2]

“DHS Commissioner Seth Diamond says the ban on food donations is consistent with Mayor Bloomberg’s emphasis on improving nutrition for all New Yorkers.”

Of course. Because we all know that eating NOTHING is better than eating leftovers./s

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Land of the free.

[varon]

DHS Commissioner Seth Diamond says the ban on food donations is consistent with Mayor Bloomberg's emphasis on improving nutrition for all New Yorkers.

New scientific breakthrough: Deprivation of food provides nutrition, something akin to, "unemployment stimulates the economy'!!!

[BitWielder1]

Commies want complete control of donations and distributions.
Preferably cash, so they can take their cut.
If they're not in control, charity is of no use to them.
Of course they can't say that, so they use any other excuse they can find.

[Fido969]

This is about getting the governmenet involve in every single aspect of our lives.

[AU72]

Bloomy is bucking to be the first Chairman of the Obamacare Death Panel.

[GeronL]

This is just pure insanity

[GeronL]

Leftists have a mental disorder.

Nah, they just see all this as a process of acquiring power for themselves. Starvation and riots would just be a minor payment on the road to socialism

[Lazamataz]

I'm of the opinion it is time to start passive resistance.

Ignore Bloomberg. Just give the food out. Make them shoot you.

[Standing Wolf]

How could there be homeless people in New York? Hasn't foi gras been banned? Isn't government permission to keep and bear arms extremely expensive and time-consuming? Hasn't "excessive" use of salt in restaurant kitchens been banned? Isn't the city government heavily involved in "arts" programs? Considering all the good that's been done, hasn't homelessness become a thing of the past?

[onedoug]

Ef the dictator. Do it anyway.

[Defiant]

No more muffin bottoms? Rebecca de Mornay will be pissed.

[KyGeezer]

NYC has 45,000 homeless men, women and children. Over in Newark and Essex County there are only ~3,800. If I were Bloomberg, I’d probably be looking at ways to make NYC less attractive and reduce the large number of homeless.

[Iron Munro]

Left over food from wealthy donors is not good enough for starving people in Nanny Bloomie’s New Yawk!

“Just eat yer Pink Slime and leave that other stuff alone!”

[chessplayer]

Maybe one reason is they are afraid of lawsuits if someone eats the food and gets sick or dies. Allergic reaction to something in the food. And freshly cooked food needs careful handling.