Quote from: RE on Jan 14, 2024, 12:34 PMLove the Hunter Thompson title.  ;D   Dr. Gonzo would have had a field day with this.

As mentioned in prior posts, the NYC Solution to their burgeoning migrant and homeless crisis, the state run Tent City they set up at Floyd Bennett Airfield is turning into a complete clusterfuck.  They recently had to evacuate all the residents to a Brooklyn HS during a storm which threatened to blow down all the tents.  Classes had to be cancelled, pissing off the local residents who depend on this for babysitting.  The refugees complained about the food, lack of services and anything to do.  Now, petty crime is on thee increase and the runway smells like reefer.  The prohibition of drugs and alcohol apparently is being ignored.  Big surprise there.

What is really sad is despite the fact it's a failure on just about every level, nobody has even hinted at shutting it down or what they are doing to create something at least marginally better.  What are they going to do with the next 2000 refugees?  The airfield I believe is now at it's designed capacity.  Buses are still arriving from TX every day.

Clearly thee folks need to be spread out and directed to other cities.  Yet all you hear about are NY, Chicago and LA as "sanctuary cities".  Basically, every city with a population over about 200K should have to take a few.  Subuutbs also should have to take some.  There are whole countries like Venezuela evacuating people.  You can't jam them all into a couple of big shities here.

Amazing how fast dominoes can start to fall in a collapse.

https://nypost.com/2024/01/13/metro/brooklyn-residents-fuming-over-migrants-lawlessness/

Fear and loathing at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field: Neighbors fuming over migrants' 'lawlessness'

RE

QuoteAt Target in nearby Kings Plaza, one security guard estimated up to 10 migrants a day swipe bread, rice, and other groceries.