Gotta love politicians here in NYC

**danzig** · November 22, 2008, 08:51 PM

Really guess its more of a rant then anything worth debating but what the hell.

So NYC has this rule that homeless shelters run by faith base organizations have to be open 5 days in a week or they cant open at all. The weather in NY has been odd, not less then a week ago it was like low 60s and felt like spring this weekend we get hit with a cold spell, with temperatures dipping into high teens tonight so naturally you figure if a shelter was closed they would open to account for this weather right? Well no go according to city officials, since the churches werent open few days ago they cant house homeless people this weekend. I cant phantom the logic of it that it would order churches not to house homeless people because they werent open Mon-Wed. It really takes government to come up with these brilliant ideas that fail to see the holes in regulations when they allow for no exceptions.

**Nikos** · November 22, 2008, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by danzig

Really guess its more of a rant then anything worth debating but what the hell.

So NYC has this rule that homeless shelters run by faith base organizations have to be open 5 days in a week or they cant open at all. The weather in NY has been odd, not less then a week ago it was like low 60s and felt like spring this weekend we get hit with a cold spell, with temperatures dipping into high teens tonight so naturally you figure if a shelter was closed they would open to account for this weather right? Well no go according to city officials, since the churches werent open few days ago they cant house homeless people this weekend. I cant phantom the logic of it that it would order churches not to house homeless people because they werent open Mon-Wed. It really takes government to come up with these brilliant ideas that fail to see the holes in regulations when they allow for no exceptions.

More pointless laws that hurt people. I love Gov. Interference in things which are not the Governments area.

**Hunter Makoy** · November 23, 2008, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by danzig

Really guess its more of a rant then anything worth debating but what the hell.

So NYC has this rule that homeless shelters run by faith base organizations have to be open 5 days in a week or they cant open at all. The weather in NY has been odd, not less then a week ago it was like low 60s and felt like spring this weekend we get hit with a cold spell, with temperatures dipping into high teens tonight so naturally you figure if a shelter was closed they would open to account for this weather right? Well no go according to city officials, since the churches werent open few days ago they cant house homeless people this weekend. I cant phantom the logic of it that it would order churches not to house homeless people because they werent open Mon-Wed. It really takes government to come up with these brilliant ideas that fail to see the holes in regulations when they allow for no exceptions.

sorry, anything out of NY or CA i just try to forget about. unfortunately for u u live there. I think its completely ridiculous as well. Its not just ridiculous that they aren't letting them open to get the homeless out of the cold, its nonsense to even have a rule like that. particularly one that apparently doesn't take any variables into account.