NetQuarterLatte t1_j6tximi wrote
Reply to comment by newestindustry in New Yorkers witnessed more homelessness, encampments during Mayor Adams’ first year by Nscience
For this Brooklyn one that's $5.9k per bed per month for the duration of the contract.
For the E 45th Shelter, where a woman was murdered by stabbing in December, the city was paying $3.2k per month per bed last year.
They renewed their contract for $4.9k per bed per month ($30,585,745.00 for 130 beds for 4 years: https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20220729109). What's worse: the city actually owns that building! Project Renewal is just providing Shelter "services"...
Same company, with a $5.3k per bed per month 39-year long contract https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20220127107
That's just one company out of many deserving more oversight: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/providers/providers.page
newestindustry t1_j6u6upy wrote
All of those shelters are also involved in major construction projects, do those dollar figures include capital costs? Those links don't give anything but one number.
NetQuarterLatte t1_j6u7vaf wrote
If only someone could review those contracts.
Capital costs or not, nothing here makes sense.
Why should the city pay for a NGO to buy the land and construct the building, and when the contract is over, they can just own it?
Besides, the E 45th building is already there, and it’s owned by the city.
newestindustry t1_j6ua4ol wrote
You can't pretend the capital costs don't matter, these are new high rises in Midtown. We all agree there is a lot of bloat on all state/city contracts here, I agree that it sucks and benefits the wrong people. But these organizations reduce the suffering of the most vulnerable, hated people in our society. I recognize that most people here don't care about that.
NetQuarterLatte t1_j6v0bjj wrote
All good and valid points.
But remember that only 1 out of 5 accepted going to a shelter.
With the same budget the city could be offering a lot better quality services and housing.
4 out of 5 whose suffering are not really being reduced.
Simply offering more of the same (or locking shitty solutions into decade-long contracts) ain’t going to really move the needle. It only keeps draining the city’s resources away from more effective solutions.
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