{"id":264093,"date":"2021-06-01T20:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/i-was-once-a-squeegee-man-and-i-know-how-to-deal-with-it\/"},"modified":"2021-06-01T20:50:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:50:44","slug":"i-was-once-a-squeegee-man-and-i-know-how-to-deal-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-was-once-a-squeegee-man-and-i-know-how-to-deal-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#I was once a squeegee man and I know how to deal with it"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#I was once a squeegee man and I know how to deal with it<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a City Hall front-runner, revealed Tuesday that he was once a Big App<\/a>le squeegee man \u2014 and said he has a plan to sweep them off the streets that does not involve the NYPD.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t afford a squeegee,\u201d Adams said during a Bronx campaign stop, recounting his time washing windshields as a 17-year-old, long before he became an NYPD cop and embarked on a successful political career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a dirty rag with some Windex that I watered down, and used to stand at the corner of Jamaica Avenue washing windows so I could save up enough money to give my mother the money so we could have a meal to eat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams said men like the crew featured on the front page of Tuesday\u2019s Post are just trying to put food on the table like everyone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to give them a reason not to have a squeegee in their hand,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n

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Eric Adams doesn\u2019t want to use police to deal with squeegee men in the city.<\/figcaption>
Gabriella Bass<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to have a screwdriver in their hand. They\u2019re going to have a hammer in their hand. They\u2019re going to go on my construction site. Because people who are washing windows, all they want is an opportunity to feed themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams said that for starters, a mental health team should be dispatched to deal with complaints about the window-washing vagrants \u2014 not New York\u2019s Finest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m going to do with the squeegee men, I\u2019m not going to go there with a police officer,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m going to go there, number one, with mental health professionals, because some of them may be dealing with mental health crises, and also job training opportunities.<\/p>\n

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Squeegee men stopping vehicles at the corner of 9th Avenue and 40th Street.<\/figcaption>
G.N.Miller\/NYPost<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to have a mobile team, that when someone calls 311 and says, \u2018I have a squeegee man,\u2019 I\u2019m deploying my mobile team there with resources. \u2018What do you need? Are you homeless? Have you had a meal? Do you need undergarments? Do you need other clothes?’\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew Yang, a fellow contender for the Democratic mayoral nomination, took aim at the current administration for the problem bubbling up again.<\/p>\n

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Two NYPD officers confiscate a bucket left by a squeegee man on the corner of 40th Street and 9th Avenue.<\/figcaption>
Stefan Jeremiah for New York Pos<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis is yet another example of how quality life in our city has deteriorated while Mayor de Blasio and his administration watched and did nothing,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s yet another example of why we need a change in leadership and a fresh start for New Yorkers who just want a safe, clean City.\u201d <\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Julia Marsh<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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