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a87k t1_j0lifxh wrote

It’s a double edged sword. Many homeless shelters. Absolutely refuse to provide security because it effects their bottom line.

Example the BRC at 127 west 25 street in Manhattan at one point got DHS police onsite. That lasted for a few years until Covid. Then after they were unable to get DHS police back because the facility was for clients of Jack Ryan who were exclusively for those with psych history. They soon after didn’t renew their private security and the building has operated like a thunder dome since 2021.

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a87k t1_j0lw7y7 wrote

Yeah as I said. DHS made a new rule that they’d no longer cover any facility that was exclusively for homeless with psychiatric issues. So the BRC decided in their infinite wisdom to also remove their security in their generally sleazy operation.

I have had dealings with this building for the last decade. I have never seen it more poorly run, both clients and personnel are at risk to violence, clients with Covid are routinely kicked out for Covid and told to go to their Covid shelter but then told “we don’t know where that is so you’re on your own”

The shelter system needs legitimate government oversight. Or just be city run entirely.

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ctindel t1_j0mk43g wrote

> The shelter system needs legitimate government oversight. Or just be city run entirely.

Most city run services are just as broken. Public housing, NYPD, DOB, DOE, public hospitals, hell even the street sweepers don’t want to do their jobs lately.

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[deleted] t1_j0lx4c1 wrote

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a87k t1_j0lxhhj wrote

Sadly no

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a87k t1_j0m9vgr wrote

Its one of the reasons why I said the “police defund” would fail.

People pushed for police to have no contact with the homeless. These groups either have been incapable of undertaking the homeless issues in their own facility. OR intentionally don’t want to take control and because they want to force responsibility on the NYPD.

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HangerSteak1 t1_j0nnspm wrote

It is incredibly dangerous work for security that is working for close to minimum wage and unsatisfactory benefits.

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AnacharsisIV t1_j0mx5jm wrote

Why the fuck is the department of Homeland security policing homeless shelters? Are they a hotbed of radicalization or something?

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