New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that the city will begin the process of relocating thousands of homeless individuals who were given access to city hotels back into shelters after New York City residents complained about crime and after <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/american-taxpayers-footing-new-york-citys-bill-to-house-the-homeless-in-boutique-hotels">Fox News revealed</a> that taxpayers were footing the bill for the program.
Around 13,000 individuals were moved into hotels as a way of slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus among New York City&#8217;s homeless population. But while the program may have kept COVID-19 from spreading &#8220;like wildfire&#8221; in shelters and other care facilities, <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/08/17/de-blasio-city-to-begin-moving-homeless-people-out-of-hotels-after-complaints-1309540">POLITICO reports</a>, it created a host of other problems, including sharp increases in crime near the 140 hotels involved in the program.
&#8220;As the health situation has continued to improve, we’re going to start the process of figuring out where we can get homeless individuals back into safe shelter facilities, and reduce the reliance on hotels,” de Blasio told reporters at a press conference Monday. “Hotels [are] certainly not where we want to be in general, and we’re going to start that process immediately.”
“What happened, again, was a crisis that forced us to have to use hotels. We’re now starting the process of reducing the reliance on hotels,” de Blasio continued, adding that city officials will “make sure we can start to get people out of those hotels, relieve some of the pressure on those communities, but do it in a way that’s really safe for everyone involved, starting with those who are homeless.”
The city is reportedly already making plans to move at least 8,000 individuals, though de Blasio refused to give media a timeline for relocation.
Like many cities, New York tried to help struggling hotels by turning them into temporary shelters, either for the homeless or for recovering COVID-19 patients, giving individual inns a grant to cover the cost of housing and cleaning up after the at-risk populations.
Many of those hotels, though, were in or near the city&#8217;s Midtown entertainment district &#8212; not far from Times Square and the heart of the Broadway theater district &#8212; and the result has been a sharp uptick in crime in some of the areas of Manhattan most attractive to tourism.
But even if the crime reports weren&#8217;t persuasive for the mayor&#8217;s office, the blowback over the financial cost could have been. According to a report from Fox News, the hotel program was expensive &#8212; a bill footed by both New York and federal taxpayers.
&#8220;In April – as New York became the epicenter of the virus and there was no indication that hotel business would resume in the near future – a $78 million initial contract was inked to find hotels for people experiencing homelessness,&#8221; the outlet reported last week. &#8220;The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) agreed to foot at least 75% of the costs of the rooms, with the associated expenses – such as moves, the staff, medical care, mental health, and extra services – landing on the laps of the New York taxpayers.&#8221;
Shockingly, that $78 million may not even cover the full cost of the program. Similar, smaller efforts to house homeless individuals in hotels have ended up costing New Yorkers in the hundreds of millions of dollars. In 2018, the city &#8220;spent $364 million on contracts for emergency homeless housing,&#8221; Fox News says. Some estimates put the end cost of the coronavirus-related hotel program at $28 million per month.
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On Sunday morning, a sleeping homeless man in New York City was attacked with fireworks, suffering burn injuries to his back.
&#8220;Earlier yesterday morning, a homeless male was sleeping on the sidewalk in front of 67 Lenox Avenue, in the confines of the 28 pct, when he was attacked,&#8221; posted NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison. &#8220;The male pictured above threw a lit firework on him, which exploded causing burns to the victims back.&#8221;
The culprit, a black male seen laughing and smiling after intentionally tossing the fireworks at the 66-year-old homeless man, is still at large, according to <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/06/23/homeless-man-attacked-with-fireworks/">CBS New York</a>.
At least two other bystanders appear to be watching and taping the incident.
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Earlier yesterday morning, a homeless male was sleeping on the sidewalk in front of 67 Lenox Avenue, in the confines of the 28 pct, when he was attacked. The male pictured above threw a lit firework on him, which exploded causing burns to the victims back. <a href="https://t.co/gUZhbLznGT">pic.twitter.com/gUZhbLznGT</a>
&mdash; Chief Rodney Harrison (@NYPDDetectives) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDDetectives/status/1275382978609324035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Commenting on the incident, the official Twitter account for the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) blasted those in the area for not stepping up and helping the victim.
&#8220;Homeless man literally set on fire last night on the streets in Brooklyn,&#8221; the SBA posted to Twitter on Monday. &#8220;Take a close look NOT one person can be seen defending this victim.&#8221;
&#8220;Not one person seemed to care no protesters to condemn no news media to tell the story,&#8221; the post added.
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Homeless man literally set on fire last night on the streets in Brooklyn. Take a close look NOT one person can be seen defending this victim. Not one person seemed to care no protesters to condemn no news media to tell the story. <a href="https://t.co/OYlgLJUuis">pic.twitter.com/OYlgLJUuis</a>
&mdash; SBA (@SBANYPD) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBANYPD/status/1275230513402458115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Some local residents are displeased, too.
“When you see something disgusting like that, knowing what’s going on right now, that’s crazy,” said Tyreke Cole of Harlem, according to the CBS affiliate.
&#8220;Tyreke and his brother Tyquan told Grymes crimes like this one take away from the ongoing <a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/tag/black-lives-matter">Black Lives Matter</a> protests <a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/tag/george-floyd">against racism and police brutality</a>,&#8221; the report noted.
“It’s like, what did we go out there and protest for if we came back here and did this to each other?” Tyquan said.
Tyreke added, “When you’re tearing down your own people, it’s like, what example are you setting?&#8221;
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-de-blasio-pledges-to-crack-down-on-fireworks-amid-post-coronavirus-peak-in-violent-crime?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">The Daily Wire</a> on Tuesday, far-left New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to crack down on fireworks:
<blockquote>Amid a major increase in violent crime — and particularly gun violence — that has police officials warning of a “storm on the horizon,” de Blasio announced Tuesday that he plans on creating an “illegal fireworks task force,” which, Buzzfeed News reports, will “involve over 40 law enforcement officers conducting undercover buys and sting operations that target people selling fireworks in the city.”</blockquote>
De Blasio made the move soon after protesters showed up outside his home demanding action.
On Wednesday, Chief Harrison posted about a 3-year-old boy who was injured by fireworks while inside of his apartment. &#8220;The victim was in a bedroom looking out of the window at the fireworks,&#8221; he said, &#8220;when one of the shells entered the window striking him.&#8221;
&#8220;The shell blew apart causing a laceration to the left bicep requiring stitches and 1st &amp; 2nd degree burns,&#8221; Harrison added.
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The shell blew apart causing a laceration to the left bicep requiring stitches and 1st &amp; 2nd degree burns.
Anyone with information pertaining to this incident is asked to call NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or DM <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDTips?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYPDTips</a>
&mdash; Chief Rodney Harrison (@NYPDDetectives) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDDetectives/status/1275849195623256064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Anyone with information should please contact NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visit their <a href="http://nypdcrimestoppers.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">website</a>, or contact them on Twitter via <a href="http://twitter.com/nypdtips" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@NYPDTips</a>.
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