New York City has hit upon an interesting way to combat homelessness — or at least part of its problem — by buying one-way tickets home for families willing to leave and who show up at shelters.
“I didn’t expect the city to be the way it is,” said Hector Correa, who was in a homeless shelter last week and flew home to Puerto Rico on Tuesday. “I was expecting something different, something better.”
Mr. Correa and his companion, Elisabeth Mojica, and their two young sons, both also named Hector, arrived in New York in May to live with his mother. But after they failed to find jobs and the bills began to mount, his mother threatened to kick them out. Out of cash, they checked into the city intake center for homeless families in the Bronx.
“The person I spoke to in the shelter informed me that if I have a person I could stay with in Puerto Rico, that I could get help to go,” said Mr. Correa, who worked as a mechanic in Carolina, on the north shore of the island. They will stay with Ms. Mojica’s father. “I feel very happy because I’m going to be able to get back to do the things that I know how to do,” he said.
Awesome boxquote! It’s got the ol’ free-association thing going…
“I didn’t expect the city to be the way it is,” said Hector Correa….“I was expecting something different, something better.”
Wow. New Yoke City, just like I pitchered it. Skyscrapers. ‘Neverthang!
“Mr. Correa and his companion, Elisabeth Mojica, and their two young sons, both also named Hector,”
I guess because “Prince Michael” had already been used up to its quota. I wonder if the younger Hector is nicknamed “Blanket?”
“arrived in New York in May to live with his mother. But after they failed to find jobs and the bills began to mount, his mother threatened to kick them out.”
Maybe they could move across the River Harb to Isola. I hear the 87th Precinct’s not too bad.
“Out of cash,”
Out of work, I’m outta my head
Outta self respect, I’m out of bread
Iiiii’m underloved, I’m underfed
I wanna go hooooooooome…..
“they checked into the city intake center for homeless families in the Bronx.”
They call it an intake center?!?! WTF! And Tuesday is Soylent Green Day.
“Hi, I’m Luis and this is my brother Hector, and this is my other brother Hector.”
I hope they at least spell one of the Hectors with a k.
with 3 Ks Matt.
Voice Over The office of Sir George Head, OBE.
Sir Now let me fill you in. I’m leading this expedition and we’re going to climb both peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Man I thought there was only one peak, sir.
Sir (getting up, putting one hand over one eye again and going to large map of Africa on wall and peering at it at point-blank range) Well, that’ll save a bit of time. Well done. Now the object of this expedition is to see if we can find any traces of last year’s expedition.
Man Last year’s expedition?
Sir Yes, my brother was leading that, they were going to build a bridge between the two peaks, (looks at map with one hand over eye) My idea I’m afraid. Now, I ought to tell you that I have practically everyone I need for this expedition … so what special qualifications do you have?
Man Well, sir…
Sir Yes, you first.
Man There is only me, sir.
Sir (to Man’s right) I wasn’t talking to you. (to Man) Carry on.
Man Well I’m a fully qualified mountaineer.
Sir Mountaineer? Mountaineer (looks it up in the dictionary) where the devil are they, mound, mount… mountain… a mountaineer: ‘two men skilled in climbing mountains’. Jolly good, well you’re in. Congratulations, both of you. Well, er, what are your names?
Man Hector.
Sir Hector, right well look, I’ll call you (to Man) Hector one, and you (to Man’s right) Hector two, just to avoid confusion.
“I didn’t expect the city to be the way it is,” said Hector Correa….“I was expecting something different, something better.”
Two words: Limousine Liberal. Apparently Hector never heard of such a thing.
I haven’t heard of many stories like this coming out of that big Southern state, the name of which escapes me … used to be a Republic … rhymes with Rex-has …
If the media had given this Mercatus Center study any attention, Hector and Hector might have known not to stop in New York and continue right on up into New Hampshire, which was ranked overall numero uno in personal & economic freedom. New York, naturally, was dead last.
Prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the city fathers were attempting to clean out all the “homeless” from that area so the city would look “purty”. Next thing we know, here in Las Vegas, we have a large influx of homeless. There were a lot of suspicions that Salt Lake was busing them to Vegas, but nothing was ever proven, other than the strange large increase in numbers of Vegas’ homeless.
Did the men have multiple wives? Did they abstain from caffeine and alcohol?
No, they were just the normal homeless that grace the streets of Anytown, USA.
Oddly enough…. the Chinese did the same thing before the 2008 Summer Olympics and they didn’t even complain. Those Chinese must sure love their government — with that Mandate of Proletariat and all.
I guess thats one way of dealing with the problem of homelessness.