Posted on 12/03/2019 3:41:59 PM PST by karpov
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newark Mayor Ras Barakas administration has sued New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, accusing the fellow Democrat of dumping his citys population of homeless people on New Jerseys biggest city.
The lawsuit accuses the de Blasio administrations Special One-Time Assistance, or SOTA, program of using strong-arm tactics to send people across the Hudson River to find a place to live.
This case concerns an unlawful program of coerced migration, Newark lawyers say in court documents filed in U.S. District Court in New Jersey on Monday.
New York City officials are accused of forcing SOTA recipients to accept the proverbial offer they cant refuse, the documents said, explaining that the phrase from the 1972 American Mafia film The Godfather is really a command, Do what we say or else.
The lawsuit accuses New York of violating federal commerce laws. It cites several former New York shelter residents who were hustled through tours of New Jersey apartments and pressured to quickly commit to one, with the SOTA Program paying landlords a full years rent up front.
She was told by case managers in her shelter that she should look in New Jersey, in the cities of Newark or Paterson, because New York landlords were leery of the SOTA program and because she would find something quicker in New Jersey, Newarks lawyers said in court filings.
The de Blasio administration said Newarks lawsuit would hurt rather than help families seeking to emerge from homelessness.
This is wrong, hypocritical, and amounts to nothing short of income-based discrimination. We will continue to fight to ensure that families have the right to seek stable and safe housing, de Blasios deputy press secretary, Avery Cohen, said in an email.
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Well there’s an out of the box idea :)
You can bet they’re registered to vote (Dim) wherever the end up at.
LOL. Staten Island. Ya, bad ass streets. Dude, the mob is done, that crap don’t happen there since the early 90’s.
Lol, stinkin island tough guy stories.
Its not just Newark. Didnt I read an article last week that even small towns across America are being sent trash from NYC?
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I wonder if New York is sending some to California and California is sending some back to New York...sounds crazy enough for these two states...
We may know soon enough when NYC starts having streets full of feces.
My neighbor who just got back from New York says they already are doing that...it hasn’t hit 5th Ave. yet but it’s not out of the question when...
If they are sent to Lawn Guyland, they will probably wind up in Hempstead or Freeport if Nassau. Then again, all of central and eastern Suffolk are full of cheap rentals waiting for tenants, so hope they enjoy Medford.
Interesting - I can’t imagine that NYC taxpayers are thrilled about the idea of shelling out $10,000-$20,000 per person to move them. But I can see the flip side, “eradicating homelessness” in New York... except it’s just by exporting them.
Can’t find them housing in New York state? Why do they want to expel them from the state?
Of course the other cities are going to resent it - or, they will after the first year. Who’s gonna pay for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th year. Cheaper for NY in the long run I’m sure. For Newark, more costly.
The kicker is that section eight and crime need not be synonymous. Don't issue the aid to criminals, period. It should be reserved for working poor, who for reasons other than behavior are unable to afford a home. Or for those who, through no fault of their own, are unable to stay employed.
Actually, all such programs should go away and charity freely given should help them. But that's not likely to happen.
How about a one-way bus ticket and the admonition “Don’t come back”? Saves a lot of bucks!
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