{"id":420615,"date":"2022-03-24T02:20:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T23:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/adams-vow-fix-after-2k-apts-for-homeless-left-empty\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T02:20:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T23:20:31","slug":"adams-vow-fix-after-2k-apts-for-homeless-left-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/adams-vow-fix-after-2k-apts-for-homeless-left-empty\/","title":{"rendered":"#Adams vow fix after 2K apts for homeless left empty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27c1341cc09\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27c1341cc09\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/adams-vow-fix-after-2k-apts-for-homeless-left-empty\/#%E2%80%9CAdams_vow_fix_after_2K_apts_for_homeless_left_empty%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Adams vow fix after 2K apts for homeless left empty&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAdams_vow_fix_after_2K_apts_for_homeless_left_empty%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Adams vow fix after 2K apts for homeless left empty&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams vowed Wednesday to fix the bureaucratic nightmare that\u2019s left 2,500 city-funded apartments for New York\u2019s homeless empty as City Hall comes under pressure to make progress on its high-profile plans to tackle the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le\u2019s homelessness crisis. <\/p>\n<p>Hizzoner\u2019s remarks came two days after The Post revealed the dysfunction at the city\u2019s Human Resources Administration, where key portions of the application process are still done by hand and must be coordinated by a tiny office that has fewer than a half-dozen staffers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a dysfunctional city, we have to stop the dysfunctionality,\u201d the mayor, who called the paper\u2019s findings \u201cunimaginable,\u201d in response to questions during an unrelated press conference in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you have a vacant apartment, when you need people to be in the apartment and you have so much paperwork that they can\u2019t get in the apartment,\u201d he added. \u201cThat is not how I\u2019m going to run this city.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mayor-eric-adams-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-21637693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mayor-eric-adams-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mayor-eric-adams-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mayor-eric-adams-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cNew Yorkers should have confidence because I\u2019m the mayor. And I\u2019m gonna get stuff done.\u201d said Mayor Adams.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NYCmayor\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Adams also rejected calls to bolster HRA\u2019s budget to expand the office and clear the massive backlog, which has let 10 percent of the city\u2019s supportive housing units go fallow even as the average length of shelter stay approaches one-and-a-half years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need more staff, people just need to do their darn jobs,\u201d he said, arguing that the process could be sped simply by reducing the paperwork involved. \u201cWe have the staff to do it, but we have layers and layers of bureaucracy that must be dismantled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Adams said that needy New Yorkers should have \u201cconfidence\u201d he would get HRA sorted out. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A homeless man gathers his belongings on the 34th street 1 train station in Manhattan.\" class=\"wp-image-21637682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Most of the shelters in the city do not offer mental health services, like therapy. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked why New Yorkers should be reassured that something will be done to fix the problem, Adams said, \u201cNew Yorkers should have confidence because I\u2019m the mayor. And I\u2019m gonna get stuff done.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the other side of City Hall, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Queens) added her voice to the roster of lawmakers and housing activists demanding the mayor to take swift action to fix the mess. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lack of focus by city agencies to place unhoused New Yorkers, who need additional supportive services, in thousands of empty units is deeply concerning,\u201d Adams (no relation) said in a statement. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A homeless outreach program worker at the BDFM 34th street station in Manhattan. \" class=\"wp-image-21637679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A homeless outreach program worker at the BDFM 34th street station in Manhattan. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Homeless man\" class=\"wp-image-21637684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/homeless-nyc-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Adams is outraged by the amount of empty apartments, that homeless New Yorkers could be living in. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Helayne Seidman for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFixing the bureaucratic inefficiencies from understaffing and broken systems that are responsible that are responsible for this failure must be a public health and safety priority,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>The story was the third published by The Post in recent weeks that revealed significant shortcomings in New York\u2019s sprawling social safety, which are hampering City Hall\u2019s highly publicized effort to tackle homelessness and mental illness on city streets. <\/p>\n<p>Many homeless people who live on the streets or on subway trains are fearful of going inside because longstanding safety and sanitation woes at city shelters continue to persist despite years of stories and promises of reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, most of the shelters in the city \u2014 including those designed to help bring the chronically homeless in off the streets \u2014 fail to offer essential mental health services, like therapy, on-site.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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