Here again capitalism and greed has produced a dysfunctional paradigm that have forced good people to the street. The days of Ronald Reagan resulted in the exact same paradigm of power and greed.
What is the minimum wage in NYC? See, the more expensive the cost of living goes through the roof, the more homeless that will exist.
$8.75 per hour minimum wage will not result in the homeless taking up an apartment or otherwise with escalating rent. There is usually a good reason for an increase in homelessness. It is usually based in greed.
Greed has to be curtailed otherwise the homeless population will become demoralized to the point where looking for a job is for others and not the individual that can't seem to succeed. Homelessness provides an oppression of people that then become permanently homeless.
The USA is suppose to be about the people, not corporations. This is what occurs when corporations actually have more power than the people. Mayor de Blasio needs to govern NYC as an example to good governance and return dignity to the homeless and function to the city. Rent control and programs to bring people back to the work place is definitely needed in New York City. The day women with painted bodies can actually make more money at a job with dignity is the day NYC can state it is a functional.
July 8, 2015
By John Podhertz
If you’ve been out (click here) and about in Manhattan over the past six weeks and you have eyes and ears, you know something’s happening — something worrisome.
The urban streetscape is degrading.
Take a walk down Broadway on the Upper West Side from the 100s to the 70s, as I did Sunday, and you’ll see it everywhere. It seems every barren storefront with a rental sign in the window has become impromptu outdoor housing for a homeless person.
There are many such storefronts — ironic signs of prosperity, not recession. Rents have risen so high that small businesses often can’t afford to continue and landlords will keep a storefront unoccupied for a very long time to secure a wealthy customer willing to take a very lengthy lease (i.e., a bank).
The number of people living on the street in the neighborhood, or at least taking up daytime residence to beg for change, has skyrocketed from a mere handful to several dozen or more....
What is the minimum wage in NYC? See, the more expensive the cost of living goes through the roof, the more homeless that will exist.
$8.75 per hour minimum wage will not result in the homeless taking up an apartment or otherwise with escalating rent. There is usually a good reason for an increase in homelessness. It is usually based in greed.
Greed has to be curtailed otherwise the homeless population will become demoralized to the point where looking for a job is for others and not the individual that can't seem to succeed. Homelessness provides an oppression of people that then become permanently homeless.
The USA is suppose to be about the people, not corporations. This is what occurs when corporations actually have more power than the people. Mayor de Blasio needs to govern NYC as an example to good governance and return dignity to the homeless and function to the city. Rent control and programs to bring people back to the work place is definitely needed in New York City. The day women with painted bodies can actually make more money at a job with dignity is the day NYC can state it is a functional.
July 8, 2015
By John Podhertz
If you’ve been out (click here) and about in Manhattan over the past six weeks and you have eyes and ears, you know something’s happening — something worrisome.
The urban streetscape is degrading.
Take a walk down Broadway on the Upper West Side from the 100s to the 70s, as I did Sunday, and you’ll see it everywhere. It seems every barren storefront with a rental sign in the window has become impromptu outdoor housing for a homeless person.
There are many such storefronts — ironic signs of prosperity, not recession. Rents have risen so high that small businesses often can’t afford to continue and landlords will keep a storefront unoccupied for a very long time to secure a wealthy customer willing to take a very lengthy lease (i.e., a bank).
The number of people living on the street in the neighborhood, or at least taking up daytime residence to beg for change, has skyrocketed from a mere handful to several dozen or more....
