Homeless man removed from building after 7 On Your Side report
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2022
- A group of tenants in the Bronx called 7 On Your Side after a homeless man was living in the stairwell of their building for the past two years.
Less than 48 hours after the story aired, the man has been removed. Dan Krauth followed up with the tenants.
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I remember living under a stairwell for 6 months at a community college garage. I always kept the area clean and neat(odor free), didn't bother anyone and respected everyone. The security guards on night shift got to know me as a person and didn't even rat me out, even some of the students that knew I was there would leave food at my area whether I was present or not. The trick was for me was to know that I was in a homeless situation but was far from being a bum.
Im sorry you went through that , how is everything going for you now ?
Are you okay now
Groovy✌🏾Thanks you guys!. I saved up enough money to land an apartment, because I did there was a sweet older gentleman that stayed in the neighborhood who I'd always speak to in the mornings going to grab coffee, he offered to pay first months rent.
" Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth " I'm not even Religious but your comment almost made me cry tears of joy for all that is right about mankind and the world. Thank You 🌉 Goodnight 🙏 Stay Well ✌️
@@theghettoracle I'm glad you are doing great.
With all due respect I understand that he’s homeless and needs a place to stay, but when you’re littering, not picking up after yourself, and using the floor as your toilet that’s a problem. Have some common decency.
Right! It’s not being homeless it’s being disrespectful, nasty and unapproachable. Also being around children. I just read a comment and he was homeless but he left early and came in late so he didn’t disturb anyone. I mean it still hard to except a stranger but…this guy was a clear mess!
reasonable rationale for everyone but new yorkers.
Homeless people do those exact things in the stairwell of my apartment building.
Yep. When I was homeless, I never did stuff like that. It's people like that that make all homeless people look bad
Beer bottles
There is a HUGE Difference in being homeless, and being a bum, that's for sure.
Having travelled to various countries around the world, I have seen levels of poverty that one can't even comprehend, especially for those used to living in the first world nations. There are people who are legitimately starving and on the cusp of death, while here in America folks can live rent free without knowing the true meaning of suffering truly as a destitute.
Say it louder for the people in the back 🗣
I remember being homeless at one time sleeping on the roof of a building but we would always clean up after ourselves it wasn't the best but waking up to the beautiful sun and looking at the sky and the clouds right over us made it a bit better
Naaaa I need a roof lol 😂
I'd sleep in the woods behind a tree 🌳 atleast no one would bother me except the critters
@@imwhoamike 🤣🤣🤣 It's freaking beautiful especially the mornings and nights looking at the sun, moon the sky and clouds
@@idfwy_ylsabiafwy182_GiGi I actually don't doubt that, I bet it can be really beautiful. That is, of course, until various types of inclement weather rolls in. Then that beauty makes a sudden turn and becomes something very ugly very quickly.
@@nuckinfuts7610 Yeah I'm glad we had a place to cover ourselves on those days...
Been homeless. I know how it feels. I used to sleep in a staircase, but I never bothered anyone. Always came in late and left early. One day I tried to get in the building I used to sleep in...it was locked. So from that day on I started walking at night in the winter. Walking all night long so I wouldn't die of hypothermia. Walking to keep my body warm. You stop, you die. I'd be so tiered in the morning, but I had to keep walking, until noon most of the times. It hasn't been easy.
Edit: I've seen lots of people here giving their opinions and claiming to know my life better than I do. Anyway, the story I told happened years ago. Unless you've walked in someone's shoes, please don't make assumptions. I'm not homeless anymore. Haven't been in years. While I was on the streets, I managed to register and attend the University of North Dakota's Aerospace program. I graduated and got my pilot's license. I've been flying for FedEx for quite a few years now. I don't miss those days when I was homeless, but I learned a lot of valuable lessons. Don't judge people before you know their story. I didn't choose to become homeless. My father died when I was very young and my mother couldn't take care of me. I'm a black man born to a white woman. Her family just didn't want me around, thus my homelessness. Life is hard, life is brutal, but life is also kind. Best wishes to all. And if you see a homeless person, don't be quick to pass judgment. My first night on the streets, my only thoughts were: how did this happen. I was about 15 years old.
So sorry 😞 to hear that I hope you are better now .life is tough
And best wishes to you and others who are struggling
These people are not well from the head and need mental help.
Why didn't you go live with relatives or go to a shelter?
Oh man, is staying at a shelter really worse than having to walk all night long in the winter for fear of hypothermia?
@@corneilusmcgillicuddy Not everyone has welcoming relatives
If the homeless starting camping in rich expensive area homes, the cops would be there in a heartbeat to stop it, the neighbors wouldn't stand for it.
Agreed
That section 8 housing like they say you get what you pay for if you not comfortable there move..
Well, stop shaming them out of every action they take then. Don't demonize the city when homeless encampments are torn down and removed and work so hard to defend the homeless person and twist the arms of city leaders to be kinder and more compassionate and then cry like a baby when they invade your neighborhood and say "sOmEoNe sHoUlD *DO* soMeThIng! 😭👶😭
@@ciaraoh9102 right
Is this some kind of sick joke? Criminalizing homelessness ? These cops are way out of line..
I'm currently homeless and to see this hurts my heart May God bless all ❤️
What's your cashap ?
@@corbin1420 $kindguy99 Any blessing will Be very appreciated Thank You ❤️❤️
Are you still houseless?
Thank you for including the woman at the end. She is absolutely correct. We must solve the core problem, not just moving the unhoused from one place to another to be in the same circumstance.
@GilmoreM that attitude has literally done nothing to help any issue regarding homelessness.
@GilmoreM we do not live in a meritocracy. Grow up.
@@Joe-gw9wh what are you going to do to help a man who doesn't want a job? Give him a job? Give him money? More alcohol? Cigars?
@@igorz3551 criminalizing homelessness has only worsened the problem. Imagine liking back on the past 100 years and thinking we should keep doing what we’re doing.
2 years??? With opened alcohol bottles laying out in the open... Shameless.
They were probably both full of urine.
Hey wasnt homeless, he lived somewhere for 2 years
Addiction is real...
@@lilsweetie11213 n honestly he was smart cause it was better than the streets
Looks like urine in those bottles.
This will only get worse when prices of everything go up and wages stay low.
Consumer Price Index Reaches 40-Year High as Grocery, Gas, and Housing Costs Soar.. unbelievably expensive now....rent up $300-500, gas and groceries almost doubled from a couple years ago
Yup. I'm going to be living there next. I can't keep up
Samus it's the same old, "unbelievable until it happens to you"
@@Hersheydimples And affordable housing and many social programs have waiting lists a mile long. Please apply for anything/any aid you can now, cut back on anything and everything you can, you'd be surprised how much you can live without.
Why are they homeless?
If the answer is lazyness or alcohol/drug abuse.. then it goin to be real hard to help em.
I'm homeless in Brooklyn but I would never live in a building where people live and pay rent. Not right or fair to them!!!
Be safe.
I hope and pray things get better for you.
Just stay focused on your goals and continue to be a good person, things WILL get better.
Love you, Brother.
Hang in there man, it's gonna get better
i’m in Brooklyn too, i know how dangerous it could be at night stay safe i hope ur situation gets better
That's called an honest living. But if u want to be lazy be lazy. Complaining on RUclips won't get u no sympathy points.
I'm glad you can afford internet.
There's a difference between being homeless and being a bum. Being homeless is not having a home and sleeping wherever you can get shelter from while being as clean and respectful around the area as much as possible. Being a bum is basically not giving a F and being dirty to worst degree. That dude was a bum...
When no one else cares to offer help, why should the homeless individual care about offending others?
It sounds like you want homeless people to be out of sight and out of mind so you can comfortably ignore their plight.
@@Zack-vi7is please never reproduce.
@@Zack-vi7is If you're filthy, disrespectful, and lazy, why would someone offer you a job? Or let you live under their roof? Trying revenge on society is the worst idea when you need their help.
@@petscraftsandwonderfulthin1279 this type of behavior is a result of exhausting all options and not getting a reasonable outcome. You think people like this didn't try being respectful and presentable? When you're treated like worthless trash by society regardless, you stop trying to make people happy. Perhaps it should be the other way around, start treating impoverished individuals with respect. Start treating them like the human beings they are. Try to understand their struggles and offer help. These people are abandoned, often helpless, and what do we do? We criminalize them. We tell them it's their fault, "pick yourself up by your bootstraps". Then we wonder why they turn to this and crime rates go up. All for what? Because we arbitrarily decide people like this aren't worthy of help? Because free mental healthcare and rehabilitation services is "too expensive"? You can't have it both ways. If you don't want to help them then you have to accept them doing this. These people exist whether you like it or not. So you can either do something to solve the problems that cause these situations or you can forever complain about their existence.
@@Zack-vi7is Homeless people... simply have no home, but are doing the best they can. (Could happen to anyone.) Bums on the other hand... don't accept help. Some people have been murdered trying to help them. They are two different categories. It is disrespectful to the homeless to combined them.
Spoiler: He's actually a tenant and his rent is only $1000 per month
People are so dumb. They rarely think about the bigger picture. So many of them want to think they are special and doing the "right thing" and others are just...worthless. Shame.
If he's a tenant, why didn't he put up a fight?
True story!
Only
LOL. Yeah. Having a toilet and running water are luxury items costing another 25K a month.
I couldn't imagine this dude spending more than 13 minutes laid out in my staircase like that.
That is a very specific time 😂
Right the minute I heard the lady say there are little girls here. I was like huh? 2 floors yea ok
Years ago, we had a guy living similarly on our roof, shooting up, drinking, too (junkies defecate a lot due to all the mucous heroin produces). A few of the male tenants gave him the ultimatum of leaving on his own or getting an escort. He refused and was taken down to the street and his stuff dumped in front of him. He never came back.
Shame on you
@@mmedefarge good!!
I remember staying in a stairwell when I was pregnant. Sometimes it was the safest place for me. It wasn't fun being homeless and having people judge you without even knowing you or your story.
I hope things are better for you !! You sound like a very strong person!
where was your significant other at, where was your family
@@draco2xx Clearly not with her.
@@draco2xx I don't have a family and I like being single.
@@timmybarns3917 lmao. I like how you put it.
I can imagine if you was living there for two years and you were trying to get back on your feet but to live there and get drunk and high all day is crazy
Amazing how quick things happen when you get the news involved. Good for you guys
Always
you applaud this man's misery.
@@travisturnbull4948 you ever think maybe he put himself there? 🤔
It’s embarrassing how much American media has sway, meanwhile after TWO years of complaints by the tenants themselves to the building management AND law enforcement…nothing.
*Local still tries to be good journalist, however they still get their marching orders from MSM
I understand how hard it is to be homeless bc I have been there but doing things like that is just unacceptable! Low Profile, try to stay under the radar, and most of all treat others how you would want to be treated!
I like your comment because I was homeless too and my whole approach was similar to you in NOT wanting to be "on display", sitting on piles of trash and be a nuisance to everybody.
My poor decisions and/or "bad luck" should not ruin everybody else's day, but unfortunately not everybody feels the same way and for some, the more they are "on your face", the more satisfied they seem and so they just lay there, instead of being up and about, looking for programs and opportunities that will help you get out of that situation.
@@gabrielort3531 Amen! I feel you on that same thing about being on display and all! And our Choices are our choices! Everyone is one bad choice away from anything and nothing!
@@auntemmyd1604 "one bad choice" or 3 paychecks away for some as well. The housing market is ridiculous. For the self righteous: The 1% are said to be preparing the ultimate gated community on the moon lol There are no mangers available any more even. Checked the prices of kennels lately?
I lived out of my car. If I was that guy id be living in a tent, in the woods before I ever went to a shelter. Id never just lay in a stairway with people walking by. I try to get away from all people in that situation.
Pray for nyc 🙏🏼
The bigger crisis is how people can end up in a situation to need to live in a stairwell. Humans need shelter and while he was definitely in the wrong for now showing more respect to residents by trying to be more clean, I would hope we are all troubled by the fact that he ended up there to begin with.
Drug use and not wanting to obey by housing rules in the shelters
We spend alot of money providing options. But most people on the streets dont want those options, they want to live the way they're living
@@Mark_87 facts
@@norphellama4967 not facts at all, do you know how hard to get out of a addiction is? and just because someone has a addiction doesn't mean they deserve to die in the street
@@circleinforthecube5170 opinions
No we are not troubled at all. Look at his body, quite jacked. His money must have go to steroids and protein powders.
I lived in an apartment in soho 7 years ago and people would always sleep in the front area. There were needles everywhere. Some were kind most were crazy drunk and high harassing the women including myself and touching us inappropriately every time we’d go in and out the entrance. I developed agoraphobia and anxiety and didn’t want to leave my apartment because of it. I moved out of the city after that. Why pay ridiculous prices for that experience. I’ve been homeless when I was 18 I never made anyone feel like that.
sounds like you lived in a bad neighborhood, i’ve lived here nearly 40 years, NEVER EVER lived like that, grew up North Bronx, lived in manhattan side of Brooklyn, so deep into Queens that it was practically Long island, and now living in lower Manhattan, never had none of those issues you speak of, that’s a shame it sounds like you judged it based on the crappy place you found.
for the life of me idky ppl pay outrageous rents to stay in such awful locations, i’m starting to feel like the real estate ppl are taking advantage of the transplants that attempt to live here. i have homeless people around, everyone does, but they’re friendly fixtures in the neighborhood, and with all that money paid someone cleans the grounds, so i don’t even know the needle situation because i never see any needles. i can’t imagine creeps standing in the lurch waiting to grab at those going in and out, why weren’t cops called? that’s a crazy situation to put up with for 7 years in SOHO, at some point, it became a choice to continue to live there until you decided to move, because new leases were being signed.
It’s frustrating how people immediately sympathize with the homeless because of their addiction but will refuse to acknowledge the harassment that women suffer because of them. We deserve to feel safe
@@shychick96 all homeless people aren't addicts mam. especially now that everything has went up yayyy some people have family and friends they can bum off of ,or support them but some people have nobody at all. You live in your fantasy online world some people live in the real world!. where we know not to judge people by there situations; Yes you can be homeless and have nothing to do with drugs.
That man created a nuisance. The entire building should've held rent in escrow I bet management would've acted quickly!! The guy. If he had just been out of sight and not leaving human waste they probably wouldn't have said anything. We all sympathize with homelessness.
What holding rent as too do with a homeless person u idiot, so they can be homeless too!!
Yep. Tenant union would be forming QUICKLY. cut the landlords free money stream off and they will magically start moving
If they held rent then the landlord could take legal action against the landlord.
Makes you wonder why he was not trespassed and removed by the police though.
@@Chaoitcme The Landlord could take action against the Landlord?
The tenants section 8 vouchers are non escrowable
I like how NYPD ignored everyone for two years, so typical. Only two things get NYPD moving, a dead body (so difficult to hide) or having their apathy and neglect aired on the 7PM news.
You can't arrest him. Learn
Call the social workers why NYPD only to blame them when its goes left.
@@RuthyLook Maybe not (depending on the charges - trespassing, public defecation and indecent exposure), but they can at the very least eject him from the premises.
@@ernk2830 True, social workers would be more appropriate here.
NYPD are basically morticians at this point
Been homeless too.
Slept outside of a church during winter.
If I caught hypothermia and died whilst I slept, I knew God would take me.
I feel for all of the homeless, but you just can't be littering and sh***** in an apartment building; Or honestly even staying in there
God bless that man. I hope things get better for the homeless 🙏 😞
I was homeless. I was in two different homeless shelters. 11 months later I got my apartment.
I hope that you are safe, sound and secure. No American should ever be without a home in the United States of AMERICA. Dear God, we need to look after our OWN citizens first! I'm really sorry for all that you've been through.
Congratulations wishing nothing but blessings
@lovelove You're never too old to rebuild your life.
Some homeless ppl can be given a residence and are responsible to maintain their home.
Some homeless ppl need more.....Their mental thinking, drug/alcohol abuse....etc.
Given a place to live isn't alway simple.... Especially when being homeless was the icing on the cake but there are layers of issues.
This is great sis
This is good example why our system is failing so bad that law abiding citizen is suffering from all sort of issue.
It is not. It's an extremely rare case. Most stories on the news are cherry picked and aren't the norm.
It is sad, many people are just a paycheck away from being homeless. I was homeless, you don't want to be, but I thank God I am not anymore! I had a job but it was hard, especially when the rent is so high in NY!
My brother put me out of his basement.
I left NY. He thought he did me badly, but I am doing better.
He has his day coming! Do Good it comes back to you!
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Guess I better count my blessings not homeless or destitute just dirty April 11 2:53 am
its awful because they deserve to live some where but at the same time you cant have people sleeping naked in stairwells its such a difficult conundrum to solve
You need to post things to social media these days. There's no system in place to keep you safe unless the government is pressured to do so.
Democrats
Wait till you are in same position as homeless man and then see what you have to say
@@fashionlife5348 came from the word democracy
@@xeniarainbownunescobar686 guys that are my age and willing to work anywhere they have to, almost never become homeless.
Yes homeless guy is my hero
Stop raising rent so people don’t have to be homeless
Or stop voting for Democrats!
The american system is designed to make human life miserable, they cant invade countries no more so the shifted their focus on its own population that why america will eventually collapse
That dude has been homeless his whole adult life and probably younger
@Rowdy Jr people have been homeless for a long time. Biden has nothing to do with it, and neither did trump.
Earn more money so you can pay your bills
Been homeless I was a runaway teen I would scoot to the far edge of the stairwell ( all my belongings were in my backpack) and just sit down put my head down and go to sleep. I would go go to different Apts late at night to not be seen and leave early before people made their way down in the morning. You just have to be considerate and know you don't belong there.
You can tell the quality of a society based on how they treat their most vulnerable. "Moving him on" isn't fixing the problem, it's dumping it onto someone else. Shame on you America.
But the NY mayor is more worried about putting billboards up in Florida saying they want young children pre k to 3rd to be taught sexual orientation, priorities
Oh geeze you sure are reaching roflmaoooooo
@Luda Cris I made it to Weirdo!
I love what he's done with the place
It's absolutely fabulous 🤩
😂😂😂
The stench would gag a maggot
😂😂😂😂😂👍👍
LOL Yes he's brought ' STAGING ' to a whole new level. The Real Estate market is so proud.
Pray for nyc 🙏🏼
I really sympathesize with the guy though it's hard out there
Difference between being homeless and being a bum, I was homeless from 18 to 20 for about a year and half, but because I was working and investing I managed to get a car and a trailer, been a year ever since then and I'm currently saving up to buy a piece of land and setup a manufactured home
That's great. Where did you work. I'm asking because I know it can be hard to have a job when you don't have a place to get ready in the morning
How did the management of the building allow this to go on for 2 years?
Yes! That is the question. They should interview them because it’s so not ok to have left him their it’s so disrespectful to all the tenants
@@wildrose5554 Now say that in English
@@j.a.3138 i think they did…?
Most likely a low income/section 8 building . If so, the management is extremely poor and nyc cops are jaded with seeing all types of homeless on a daily basis. The homeless in nyc are really mentally ill, drug addicted zombies
Because property management companies are staffed by lazy bums like the one in the video. It’s always a half-assed “We’ll think about it” toward building concerns/complaints, incredibly delayed “maintenance” and approvals for such, and a shakedown for backrent from the increase that the landlord “forgot” to tell you about.
Did I forget anything? Oh wait, how about your landlord/management agent being conveniently unavailable when you need to speak with them, especially when they’re the ones who agreed to set aside time for you?
It’s good for the moment but it’s not going to change because he will just go somewhere else
More low income home needed. But USA rather help send billion to others county 😛
@@sylviarivas741 You are right.
I used to be homeless and now I have a JOB AND I'M NO LONGER HOMELESS BECAUSE I BOUGHT A HOUSE FOR MYSELF!
Tough subject, but glad the homeless man is out for the children's safety and the wellbeing of the tenants.
Exactly, back out on the street where he belongs
What about the homeless man's safety? Any thoughts about that? Or does it not matter? If so then do you really care about those kids because if they ever end up homeless then do they automatically not matter anymore more?
@@wesbecool yes because that guy can take care of himself he doesn't need you to give him free housing around your children so he doesn't have to get a job at his 20/30s
We had a guy like this living in our building for years in Brooklyn. Leroy. He kept an eye on the building for us though lol
Now you're talking
Honorary Security Guard
Room and Board
Inquire within
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@@petemavus2948 thank you sir made my day 😂🤣💯
Lol facts he cans tay he he keeps clean and don’t do nothing disrespectful and look out for the building ju heard
@@rugerred8659 Maybe like you he's not easy to understand?
@@petemavus2948 how rude 😒
I'm currently homeless in Ohio but I'm staying in a solver mission shelter working hard 12 hours shift saving money to get my own place.
Lot of people don't wanna work they just want to get drunk, there are a lot of jobs everywhere no excuses.
Good going!, It's probably slightly easier to find a less expensive place to stay in middle America and the cost of living is probably more manageable rather than a big urban metropolis .
Small town very good jobs and cheap rent low criminality no gang's super peaceful place.
God bless u hope everything works out for u in Jesus name
I know. If you're willing & able to work, there's no reason to be homeless. People get into trouble because of addictions or mental illness. I see beggars now who I think are physically fit & can work.
Life here in NY is pretty hard. At least in the five boroughs. Rent is expensive for most apartments and houses have ridiculous prices. My family has been trying to buy one but we can’t find one that’s less than 800k. Also getting jobs is hard. I tried getting a job for almost a year because I’m a college student now and need to start looking out for myself more now and couldn’t find one until my aunt hooked me up with one at Dunkin’ Donuts. My cousins and uncle who recently moved to the US are also having a hard time finding a job. I hope I’ll be able to leave NY behind after I graduate college. I really want to move to a different state
stop treating homeless people like a different species
I understand not warning him there and I understand why he needed to leave but people act like it was just a nuisance on them he didn't want to be there. "Oh I'm glad I don't have to smell him" he doesn't want to smell him either. "I can leave my house in peace now" he wishes he had a house or a peacefully moment
Thank you. It's nice to have someone finally speak out that the homeless man could not possibly have been happy with his situation, either.
dude, stop making excuses! He could at least try to be clean and keep the floor clean!!!
I feel sorry for any human being homeless, but this is ridiculous. This has been a serious health hazard, and being that no one really knows the mental state of anyone, this situation could've been dangerous for the tenants too. Personally, if I was a tenant there, I would've moved too long to talk about. God bless the dude.
All you need is one trap apartment that has parties with substances and some homeless guests. After partying they go around and try to open doors to find a place to sleep or their friends might tell them which apts are either empty or the tenants are gone. It happened a lot during the pandemic and many people moved because of this and many landlords sold their buildings to not deal with this.
Shes glad she can live in her home knowing this homeless man is outside freezing in the rain.
His choice.
I'd be glad too. I pay rent, you don't. To the curb with ye
Hope the man is doing better as well. Sad we as a nation are numb to treating others as you would want to be treated.
To have the man there for 2 years, that is crazy and unacceptable. They need to be given city wide custodial clean up jobs, to learn what an impact things are to an environment and subsidize their housing, and get them seen by mental health specialists and get them off the streets. These are human beings. Mostly troubled in one way or another. To just turn a blind eye defines us as a society, but more so as humankind. It affects everyone. People are intelligent enough and have the degrees, to come up with a working solution to this issue, and resolve it. If the people you voted for are not capable of doing things like this, then you need to run, or elect someone who can.
Exactly
That's the most brilliant and smart comment I've read online in years. Private small businesses sometimes do it, but I'm not from New York City. They may have a multi-billion dollar waste-management contractor that won't tolerate competition from the homeless.
Not enough resources or mental health funding to take care of the mental health problem in america. Why do you think most of the asylums closed up in the early 2000's? No one cares dude.
All of this
Perfectly said I'd vote for you ☺️
They should send all the homeless to live with The Coalition Of The Homeless
They should holocaust the homeless
It gets full. And most of them don't like the rules of sobriety and cleanliness.
@@kameyeam And so that's why they continue to stay homeless
@@shmoopiebear it is.
@@kameyeam and also the exploitation that occurs there...
I've literally had to kick people out of my building three times. We have had to call the cops a few times to have some men removed. The encampments are bad enough, but this is getting ridiculous
Let them be lol if they’re not making a mess or bothering anyone what’s the problem?
They are making a mess by littering
@@isabvrbosa their existance
This is so sad, but I also just never understood, why out of all the places in the world do people choose to live in New York .
It’s so crowded, noisy, super high crime rates and expensive.
Girl get you a nice house in the suburbs and you won’t have to deal with that.
Exactly, if you’re gonna be poor you better move to area that doesn’t have a lot high cost of living
Let's all go live in the suburbs!!! It's easy and the people already there love mass amounts of new people!
I had a homeless couple camp out, outside my apartment for months, I never said anything I would even give them food & blankets but someone else seen them there & they got removed but they wasn't bothering me & they were quiet 🙏💯
some enable peoples actions, some hold people accountable for their actions.
@@peterjoyce4223 you are quite delusional . I said nothing like anything you assumed.
@@eckankar7756 you're conflating snitching on someone who's hard up with holding people accountable. Forcing homeless people to constantly shuffle around one spot to the next is a huge waste of taxpayer's money. In my city the community came together to stop the city from doing this, and instead created a sanctioned space where the homeless could stay, with bathrooms, water and dumpsters. A much better use of taxpayer's money. Everyone deserves a basic standard of living; shelter, food/water, etc
@@xenostim Only works if the homeless agree with that plan, these didn't. Loads of support for homeless in that state. Both, city and the population have to agree and be willing participants in the solution. These just chose to do what they wanted, like a child. They are being held accountable, somewhat, for their decisions.
@@eckankar7756 sorry deleted comment
I can see why i might have misread your meaning though as you act like words are expensive and you have no explanation for what you did mean. What did you mean ?
IN MY VIEW
There are 3 types of homeless people. 1.The healthy (temporary down on their finances/they want to work and get back into society) 2. The sick (mental, physical, drugs, alcohol). 3.The lazy (they expect society to support them). We can help the homeless with a village of common sense healthy teamwork.
Yup
well said
Also add the displaced because certain groups here have had successful townships destroyed because another group always burns these towns down or put some of them underwater. Gentrification and literal terrorism on American soil by Americans to other Americans is why some are displaced. Also imagine a nation where every inch of the ground was literally stolen, the original inhabitants literally hunted and murdered and the descendants of those thieves refuse to acknowledge it. Karmic debt is in order for America's transgressions and you know what I'm talking about.
There's only one type of homeless person. Trying to separate them into classes is just an attempt to justify doing nothing about it. We should be helping all homeless people, not just ones we arbitrarily deem to be deserving of help. That's how you solve the problem. We specifically haven't made any progress on this issue because we've tried to offer social programs by a rationing system based around "who really needs it". All that has done is make the programs inefficient and ineffective. A massive headache for any homeless person regardless of whether they're "healthy, sick, or lazy". Getting help through these programs often requires a litany of checks and balances to make sure that the "right people" are getting the help. To the point where it's practically a job in and of itself to receive help from these programs. Which disrupts their ability to find work by being time consuming and creating a situation where they're constantly worried about ensuring their paperwork is in order. Offer these things unconditionally. No one's going to seek out these types of social programs unless they need them. We don't need arbitrary prerequisites or to exclude certain individuals from using these services.
@@Zack-vi7is IN MY VIEW The year 2022 I have 28 years experience working with the homeless. So there are 3 Types of homeless. I am sure "your" experience working with the homeless concluded there is only "1" type of homeless.
How scary for the tenants and disgusting to see bodily fluids outside their doors.
Not even scary just depressing and gross
Plenty of vacation homes in my area that are empty all winter long, my community cured their homeless problem by hiring all the homeless to manage all these houses and applying their survival skills, problem solving, cash handeling skills, and expertises in areas of hospitality. We could use this man immediately if he was willing to relocate. This person is a goldmine opportunity for the right company.
A group of men should’ve got together and put him out of there long ago. Why does a woman have to approach him? It’s good she didn’t get hurt.
What happened to equality?
@@kameyeam that is equality you jackass idiot
@@kameyeam ikr
People are homeless for many different reasons so I’m not going to judge the reason why because idk. But the thing that gets me is… that this man was there for 2 years and woman and young girls that get in the elevators and go down the stairs that came across this man. Thank god no one ever said that he tried to do anything to anyone.
People are homeless because they're dope fiends or crazy.
just say children and call it even because you don't know if they are into young girls..
@@j.a.3138 people who are predators don't need to be "into" young girls. I don't know why it matters. Your comment is offensive.
Many homeless people are unfortunately bums. I was homeless but I still worked and I'd only go to a shelter (building, garage etc) when I needed to sleep. There's no reason you should be cluttering a stairwell or littering (at all) during the day when people are also trying to live their lives. For me personally, I know it's hard to find a job but there's people out there that will help. You just need the motivation
It's 80+ hour work weeks or... it's more of a failed system then it is a motivation problem.
I think it's a bummer that the guy behaved that way, but on the other hand, we have 25 empty houses for every 1 homelss person in the USA. Its very clear that we CAN change the situation, we're just choosing not to.
Why can't they just retrofit abandoned commercial and industrial buildings, with "microapartments?" I saw this done in a converted Mall in Rhode Island, and you'd be surprised at what can be done with 250 square feet. Sufficient space for a single person to live comfortably, certainly a lot more comfortably than this poor man was. This is someone's son.
Why do they need 250 sq ft.? A jail cell is 80 and it's big enough for two people!
Cheese Balls, why do you need to breath?
@@collenflarity7856 look up how many programs tried that very thing with a success rate of over 90% because they were motivated to turn their lives around. It's either do that, or expect to keep stepping over them and complaining about it. If they can use our tax money for new football stadiums, they can afford to help people for once.
@@someguy9778 please try to stay on topic!
God Bless people with some brains and better yet SOLUTIONS!
Something doesn’t add up in NYC: High Rent, High Crime Rate, Homeless Rate Is High, People On The Street Is High🧐
SAME as LA, SAN FRANCISCO ETC. Things are changing for the worst.
Pollution is at an all time high. Toxicity is killing everyone and everything. I need the latest technology to keep up with it all 🤣
@@MTARyder democrat policies: high cost of living, low quality of life
The last one is the reason
And wages are low. We live in a feudal economy without feudal protections. We work for the Lords and Ladies but the fruit of our labors all go to them. Sheesh, I mean how can the Bezos and Musks of this world take joyrides in space unless we pay for it?
no one would have said anything if he cleaned up after himself. homeless ppl used to sleep on stairs and in front of buildings all the time when i lived in the bronx but if they’re tidy and polite, you left them alone. even gave them a plate to eat at times
Humanity. It has gone upside down. God commands we have compassion and help those in need.
Two years.........that's insane!
Luckily during that time there were no physical altercations between him and a tenant
Because New Yorkers have become soft
@@jayekaye6703 Until they move to FL, then they will get a taste of their own medicine. We are as rude as them, or worse
That would be because he's harmless duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@@serenapolk4379 Your definitely not a New Yorker
@@serenapolk4379 but possibly the other person isn't! Always think OUTSIDE of the box.........
I wasn't just talking about him,
duhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
I hope this poor soul finds a home of his own soon. I wish you the best. May God illuminate your life. No one should be in the streets.
He was there for 2 years not paying any bills or rent he should be good now since all he has been doing is saving his money
Well are you going to help him out or what ? Lol thoughts and prayers mean nothing
@@timchamberlin9280 or more likely than not, he had mental health issues.
@@timchamberlin9280 "It looked like he had enough money for beer. He looked young enough to work. Maybe this 'poor soul' is just a parasite."
Very bold of you to judge a person by what you can see only in a 2 minute video. You know homeless people don't have access to clean clothes, showers, phones, and some people identification needed for jobs which can be difficult to get depending on how laws are written?
Imagine calling someone in this position a parasite, instead of pushing the government to house the homeless and fund resources to help these people. Also, just getting a job won't afford you the ability to pay rent, housing costs have exploded. We need less unempathetic douches
(Also, just because he bought beer probably from panhandled money because he has no other choice and is probably using it to cope with the stress of homelessness, doesn't mean he can buy a home or things mentioned prior.)
@@timchamberlin9280 great argument 🤣❄
The homeless are still human. It can happen to anyone. Be kind 🤟🤞✌️
I wonder if anyone really took the time to speak to this guy and ask him if he is going to sleep there to please keep it clean. You will be very surprised what you can achieve by talking to someone with kindness. It might not always work but at least you tried.
When they Don't want to cooperate, Well then it's time for them to go. At least you tried helping out.
Dude you made a mess you were naked in the stairs your behavior is not acceptable. I been through homeless situation there's better ways than this to handle your situation
Surprised they didn't catch wreck on him. Especially if you have young daughters.
This has been happening in NYC since 2020 ! The mayor needs to address this just last winter a whole bunch of homeless people were in the stairs in my mom's building in 125th there was a lady laying down in front of my mom's apartment door . It's crazy
Even during heroine to crack days , I’ve never seen that before in a flowing active building. Fkn wow
My aunt had the same problem, called cops and they did nothing
stop having kids if u can't afford them
@@asianconnection7701 huh??? Only an Area 51 ALIEN would type that!
@@asianconnection7701 get out of here!
The homeless problem is serious in the United States. It's not even a state to state basis anymore. Across the total of eight states when I called for help there was a 4 to 6 month wait on every shelter in these states. People are not realizing the seriousness of the homeless problem in the United States
I was homeless in NYC for a very short time. I was sent there from North Jersey because there are hardly any services for the homeless in the entire state of NJ. Yet the system in NYC was SO BAD I felt more compelled to attempt to end my own life rather than live that way in that city. I survived jumping in front of the 6 train at Union Square, and thankfully I am no longer homeless. But that was quite the ordeal for me, and I don't wish it on anyone.
I love how the majority of people commenting are like “i used to be homeless and i never bothered anyone”. Guess what, simply being in a public space that isn’t meant to be a shelter or sleeping area, is bothering people. We just have enough decency not to say anything. Go to a shelter , get off the drugs, and get a better life.
When your rent is raised is beyond affordable, now with unbelievable grocery prices, gas ...what do you expect??
And he could still afford tattoos?
It's not about housing it's about wanting to be free while on dope!!...gross......Wake up yall
@@stevenwinterhill6647 if I could post links..I would ...there are many like that.. absolutely..but many are NOT druggies, alcoholics...who are working and simply cannot afford the insane housing, utility bills .( I don't drink , smoke or take any drugs)....coupled with the prices of EVERYTHING that has gone up..gas more than doubled, groceries and utilities up 20-50%..facts......there are breaking points, you know..what about fixed income seniors??? Truly disabled...like I said, breaking point.. anyone who doesn't admit the cost of living is beyond affordable, is intellectually dishonest.
@@stache1954 I have zero tattoos, and would be living in my car if not for having roommate to share expenses. I don't drink at all, smoke, or use any drugs... very rarely eat "fast food" .. I'm saying WE , the working sober are becoming homeless due to completely insane prices of EVERYTHING all at once...my health doesn't allow me to work beyond 40 hours a week plus I care for aging pet...... people need to rethink who the working homeless are nowadays....you will see more like us very soon...one paycheck away from homeless...
@@alkdjfhgks1919 I DON'T live in a big city...in fact moved from a big city ...see my above posts...I am a complete "t totaller" , no booze, tattoos, smokes, piercings, I'm as sober , simple and boring as it gets, yet with the increased cost of everything all over the place barely one paycheck away from homeless myself...working sober middle aged...not in a blue state, in a smaller community.... Like I said intellectual dishonesty to say that prices are now beyond affordable all over
Why police didn’t do anything until news called? How did he get into the building? Where is janitor to remove all stuff? Then this regular problem in city. Housing won’t be issue homeless because they can live in empty apartments. I wouldn’t pay thousands of dollars to live in filth & unsafe environment.
I used to work security at a hotel. One night as I was making my rounds I came across an old acquaintance sleeping in a stairwell. Seems the guy fell into some hard luck after high school. I suspect he had drug issues. It was a cold winter night and I felt bad for him so I got him a couple of blankets and let him stay under the promise that he would clean up in the morning and move on. Next morning I was called into the managers office and totally reamed. Turns out the guy tried to break into several unoccupied rooms overnight. I got fired an rightly so. Since then I still try to help people that deserve it, but I am much more choosey about who I help.
He should have paid for the rooms.
I was homeless for a couple months. My thing was avoidance. I didn't want to be seen by anyone. Not by "normal" people, other homeless people, and especially not the cops.
Can you tell us what you did in that time and hoe you got out or moved on?
@@overcomer1921 it's real simple. I quit drinking and using drugs and then I got a job
@@chadalpha bless you!
I was almost going to be homeless… I tried to get help. No help, cause I had a job and I had no kids
Yeah it's messed up. Single people have it rough
Westchester will help.
Men get no help
A woman stays homeless relatively less time than a man stays homeless.
Please never have kids. You don't want them to end up like this!
It's sad that there is no "Empathy" towards this poor man who had no other choice than to live in a stairwell....
who said he had no other choice?
@@eckankar7756 if you think people live like this by choice you're purely delusional and reaching for any justification you can to avoid sympathizing with someone.
@@Zack-vi7is He was there in the hallway for 2 years, PLENTY of time to make some changes in his life.
@@eckankar7756 can't make changes if you can't find help. Doesn't matter how much time you spend in that situation, if healthcare is unaffordable and you have a criminal record, you're not going to be able to find the help you need or a job. If you want this type of thing to stop, we need universal healthcare and to stop criminalizing people for non-violent offenses. If this guy has a drug possession charge he most likely can't pass a background check to get a job. And this isn't even mentioning the possibility that he has mental health problems. Which, again, can't be taken care of it he can't afford healthcare.
He could be in this situation for 20 years, it doesn't matter. If nothing is being done to help him, he will never be able to end this cycle. To prevent situations like this, we need to improve the system.
Really? He had NO other choice???
Hello, from CO here. I thought it essential to inform your team that while we shopped from 2-4p Sunday 4/10 in the mile high flea market someone sawed off the catalytic converter on our car in the north parking lot. It has come to my attention this is not an uncommon occurrence. An article on my feed informed me that SNAP benefits will be decreased on April 15th, while our country already struggles with inflation. Now struggling people or people that have developed a lifestyle that now requires the expanded SNAP benefits will be looking for any kind of income to sustain their situation. The current housing market has sold the living spaces that were previously available to section 8 and low income, leaving the tenants to mitigate their move to affordable living or fill the gap in the rent by any means necessary. The increase in metal costs paired with unregulated scrap yards gives these opportunistic citizens their means to continue extracting what they can from the dwindling working class.
I contacted mile high for the security footage they said they had, I was transfered to a higher up who then told me cameras are only in the market not the parking lot. It's not their responsibility to insure the safety of their customers. A report has been filed with Adams county.
Thanks so much and stay safe.
Best
Breanne Thompson
Ms. Jacquelyn Simone is absolutely right about the City of New York's lack of focus concerning their raising homeless population and the cost of living (if I may add for apartments and houses that aren't even worth the asking price in their city), and need to provide efficient funding to house homeless people in permanent residents who want to get off the streets and better their lives. Temporary housing from what I understand is as it says: "TEMPORARY HOUSING". I don't know what it's like to live out on the streets, but anyone can get there, and surely most people don't want to be out on the streets.
However, anyone can most certainly see it is not easy - and what makes it even more of a despicable shame is for a city that's suppose to be so "Rich" 🙄 to have so many homeless people, then want people to come spend money from other cities and countries to come and tour a dump...!?
Also for those in higher positions a.k.a "Crooks in Business Attire" is what I call it, who have the ability to help, then sit there and pretend they don't acknowledge when another human being needs financial and housing stability is absurd... maybe get your heads checked to see if there's some kinda sickness up there... because I see there's something obviously wrong with that whole situation over there 🤔
A man that was once homeless told me he didn't feel sorry for anyone that is homeless .
.. Just saying
And yes that no name man is the spokesperson for all homeless people because he understands the unique intricacies of every homeless persons situation and mental and emotional state… sounds about right. Human empathy is just none existent I guess
Notice media never made effort to investigate non profit service providers
2 years living in that kind of condition? he's a special one
2 years rent-free? I think that guy won or this is his version of eviction moratorium
That lady has no idea what's she's talking about. Let me talk to her. An actual person who went to two homeless shelters and got my housing.
Happy home - 2Pac
She probably never offered him a meal.
Why....So he can 💩 in the hallway/staircase
Only people that can understand and relate are those who have walked those steps. Like a drug addiction counselor. The best one are the ones who were heroin, coke and meth heads. They know the struggle.
@@RosasResources probably struggling to keep a meal on her table. Who knows. Doesn't look like a suburban area. Looks like a projects. Just my guess. But we're all just guessing here right
There are homeless people that comes in my hallway from time to time and it’s really not safe. I woke up one time at 5 am, and when I walked out the door, his feet was at the foot of my door and head was at my neighbors door. I told him he had to leave because she has kids and he wasn’t supposed to be there.
This is so sad 😭 I was homeless but I would have never thought to do this
Honestly, I'm against this. Sure, it's sort of a problem, but honestly, talking about the homeless complaints, like, you could eventually end up homeless. It can happen to anyone. And when you are homeless, you need shelter. If there's no shelter, then that's just wrong. Like, idk.
Well, that guy had shelter for two years and look at the mess he leaves. Children living there should not have to be subjected to that for that long. It's ridiculous.
TWO YEARS!!!??? Yall don't know how to get rid of somebody.
Don't fill them clips to high give them bullets room to Breathe.
what would you have done?
It don’t help to handcuff the police either n it would of helped a lot by voting for a man like Curtis sliwa
@@SuperTruthful thrown a bucket of ice water on him every night until he left
@@gizzoid93 he might have used that water to bath
Difference between being homeless and being a bum. Also being in an area like that is a huge deal to the residents. I would be furious and probably do something about it myself if nobody else did.
TWO YEARS TO GET HIM OUT!!???? Someone needs to be held responsible for that.
The building management should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this for so long. People paying rent should expect a certain quality of life. To come out your apartment and see that, disgusting.
Wow your lack of humanity is disgusting I hope you never are in that mans shoes
The higher the pay, the higher the quality. No one really cares about how people in the projects experience things, that's y they let him stay there for so long.
Maybe some of those billions send overseas can be spent here to solve in some way these kind of problem, but for those in charge I guess there is no clout to gain helping Americans in America.
there is no political reward.
At least those foreigners come to the USA and get working on The American dream. While these bums just linger around waiting for handouts and become burdens to the city and state. You can't fix them. Lost causes
Foreign Aid is a complete joke
America spends billions on social programs to help people. Get your facts straight
@@royharper2003 and America also sends double of triple of those billions to foreign soil. Last I checked Americans and American taxpayers reside in the 🇺🇸
Its not about him being stairwell it's about him being clean enough to not disturb the tenants
Its almost like housing should be a human right or something
Blame liberal DA and judges. No one dies so this is not a crime in their eyes
Is this some kind of sick joke ??Criminalizing homelessness ? These cops are way out of line.
Oh liberals vs. conservatives now get realer.
Not allowed to get high in shelters. That’s why most bums don’t want to be there.
not true there's a lot of drugs in the shelters and they get away with murder in there
To be fair, violence and theft are big reasons people don't want to live in shelters.
I almost ended up homeless with my parents so close we have $900 dollars to r name. We rented a small room got lucky we survived like that for years now we have e one apartment n I own land now so we nevee go true that again ever never life changes sometimes ur on bottom n nextime u know ur on top don't ever give up
My friend is homeless in Florida,sleeping in a car,going to work he is giving up
N I'm from Mexico no help at at but just take positive help people is the best filing
2 years????...... Rent would be getting decreased for two years every month.🤔 Maybe even weekly