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doodle77 t1_j7wxy80 wrote
The justification is that there are many requirements for a shelter that the city has agreed to in its consent order with coalition for the homeless. These "drop-in centers" can't meet those requirements, so the city can't let people sleep at them lest it be found not in compliance.
mowotlarx OP t1_j7x3l4h wrote
They've been letting homeless kids rest on cots for years there. There's no point in having these spaces open overnight if they refuse to let these kids rest. The city could easily fix the issue and refuse to.
mtempissmith t1_j7xq9rn wrote
I tried one of the adult centers while I was street homeless and they actually had a respite bed program that worked with various churches where they would send people to eat and sleep. This was pre-pandemic and they later got caught keeping client money that they were not supposed to be keeping. They had old people basically living there and they'd take most of their disability checks for feeding them and letting them sleep in a respite bed or in a chair every night.
It could be that incidents like this are why they're doing this. They probably want the kids in safer shelter situations. We had a few younger people there while I was there and it was not that safe. The men sexually harassed the women if we had to sleep in the chairs all the time. I was a fully grown adult and it was hard. I can just imagine having to deal with that as a kid.
k1lk1 t1_j7wt7u8 wrote
City council could fix this in 1 day.
mowotlarx OP t1_j7wujmn wrote
They could. They have a super majority of Democrats. The problem is most of them are feckless sellouts who bent the knee to Adams and refuse to use their power for anything other than creating task forces.
spoil_of_the_cities t1_j7x2qs9 wrote
I would disagree. I think they have the legal power, but I would not say they could fix this and similar issues. I think their deficits of personal character render them incapable.
PiffityPoffity t1_j7yygzo wrote
The directive came from OCFS. It’s a state issue.
NetQuarterLatte t1_j7ww4id wrote
So they can rest, but because of city regulations they are not allowed to sleep?
Past-Passenger9129 t1_j7xaqgv wrote
Politicians pat themselves on the back for offering a "solution", without really thinking about the ramifications of their decisions. Surprise surprise.
grandzu t1_j7ww61k wrote
>They do not officially operate as homeless shelters or residential facilities, so visitors technically are not allowed to sleep.
Bet the city won't reclassify them because not doing that benefits the city somehow.
Luke90210 t1_j7y7ky4 wrote
As the article pointed out: If they can't sleep at the drop-in centers, then they are going to sleep in the parks and subways. Who wants that?
hbp_burnerphone t1_j7yazsi wrote
Something I've never understood about zany billionaires like Branson:
If I had that kind of money, and I read this headline, I'd do something stupid like buy a vacant commercial property midtown and convert the entire floor space to mattresses -- hire the city's toughest dominatrices to whip baddies -- and put a Sikh gurdwara in the basement
I would do this because it'd be interesting
Guess that's why I'm not a billionaire
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mowotlarx OP t1_j7wt5p4 wrote
This is disgusting and cruel. No justification for this.
>Runaway and homeless youth who visit any of New York City’s overnight drop-in centers are now prohibited from “resting” there — and the providers have been ordered to remove any cots or resting places, THE CITY has learned.