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oh I am sure the NYT will devote endless pages the next couple of years to blaming all the woes of NYC on him, use it as an excuse for why the new guy can't fit

oh I am sure the NYT will devote endless pages the next couple of years to blaming all the woes of NYC on him, use it as an excuse for why the new guy can't fit it all fast, and so and so on. The question most New Yorker's should be asking is, how do the people who run this facility (Audburn) have jobs? How do the people the report to allow it to happen and if they do, they why are they employed? Having been around some big city "care" its really simply, the bigger the government the less it has to care and the more people that slip through the cracks. Too many programs competing for the same dollars, too many programs with their own rules they barely serve anyone, too many programs for those who need help they have to spend an inordinate amount of time applying to each. I am quite sure the living conditions don't help the outlook of her parents and in part keeps them down looking for releases. Yet for all the billions spent to take care of the poor it makes you wonder, where is it all going?

limsup 13y ago
It's bizarre to read how right-wing view things. "Fire the city workers, shrink the government, then the homeless will get the care they deserve!" The poor conditions have to do with the budget constraints, which the GOP is actively pushing for.
yardie 13y ago
If you've ever tried to use or know anything about government grants you'll find out that 50% of your time and grant money will be spent making sure you are complying with spending grant money. Usually there will be some outrage over a small sum of money being used inappropriately. Benzes for welfare queens for example. The politicians will do something about it by putting in more checks. A few scammers will work the system. More checks are put in place. Ad infinitum. A few years later 50-80% of the budget to help the poor has gone into making sure they use the aid for what we deem appropriate.

limsup 13y ago

It's bizarre to read how right-wing view things. "Fire the city workers, shrink the government, then the homeless will get the care they deserve!" The poor conditions have to do with the budget constraints, which the GOP is actively pushing for.

yardie 13y ago

If you've ever tried to use or know anything about government grants you'll find out that 50% of your time and grant money will be spent making sure you are complying with spending grant money. Usually there will be some outrage over a small sum of money being used inappropriately. Benzes for welfare queens for example. The politicians will do something about it by putting in more checks. A few scammers will work the system. More checks are put in place. Ad infinitum. A few years later 50-80% of the budget to help the poor has gone into making sure they use the aid for what we deem appropriate.