Residents of Staten Island are fuming over news that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is planning to build a large homeless shelter for men in a residential area on their island.
Staten Island is much more politically conservative than Manhattan and people who live there are convinced that this is being done to punish them for voting the wrong way.
Would it really surprise anyone if it was discovered that this was truly being done out of spite?
The New York Post reports:
Staten Islanders rage at Mamdani as NYC approves homeless shelter: ‘He wants to screw us’
New York City approved plans for an all-male homeless shelter in the middle of the residential South Shore of Staten Island – proof of Mayor Mamdani’s hatred for the forgotten and conservative borough, locals told The Post.
Fed-up residents believe the 160-bed shelter coming to the corner of Arthur Kill and Richmond Valley Road in Charleston will bring crime, drugs and loitering, and see the move as yet another insult from the socialist mayor.
“A hundred percent he wants to screw us because we vote conservative,” said Bruce Daniele, whose gym business Intoxx Fitness is across the street from the planned shelter.
The South Shore of Staten Island voted heavily for Andrew Cuomo in the 2025 mayoral election.
The shelter will house employed and unemployed single men, and provide services to help them find jobs and “stabilize their lives,” the city Department of Homeless Services told The Post.
New York Republicans have pointed out that the location is completely wrong for practical reasons.
From the Gothamist:
In a March 5 letter to Erin Dalton, the city’s social services commissioner, local Councilmember Frank Morano — along with Assemblymember Michael Reilly, state Sen. Andrew Lanza and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis – called for the city to reconsider the plan. In the letter, the Republican lawmakers cited “questions about whether this site is appropriate” for homeless individuals “to help rebuild their lives,” citing limited access to public transportation at the site. The officials also raised concerns about safety and other impacts on surrounding small businesses, and what they called a lack of “engagement” and transparency from the developer and city agencies involved.
“New York City’s shelter system plays a vital role in assisting individuals in crisis,” the letter said. “But that mission can only succeed when facilities are placed in locations where residents can realistically access employment, transportation, social services, and supportive community infrastructure.”
Why not put the shelter in Brooklyn with all the hipsters who voted for Mamdani?
Wouldn’t that make more sense?
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