There are many "homeless" people in NYC (and elsewhere) that live like royalty - they are on the dole, and still go out to panhandle, beg, or whatever. Even if they make a few dollars an hour, it's not taxed and they get to keep 100%, in addition to whatever benefits they are fleecing us for.

I'm all in favor of helping people that have had a run of bad luck, giving them a chance to get back on their feet, etc. Unfortunately, there are many undeserving folks who take advantage and get greedy.

Many of the homeless in New York are mentally ill and should be in asylums where they will receive the proper care. Enough innocent people have been pushed on the train tracks and killed, or attacked in other ways, by them that I don't want them running around on the loose any more.

In the 1970??s, (then) NYS Governor Hugh Carey closed many of the hospitals and put the patients in SRO??s (single room occupancy hotels) at the taxpayers' expense. The people that made out the best were the hotel owners and do-gooder lawyers from the ACLU who made it their business to see to it that they have ??rights? ?? to do whatever the hell they want, regardless of the consequences.