'HOMELESS BY CHOICE' IN NEW YORK

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Front Page Magazine:

Mohamed Rasul is homeless in New York City. But don’t feel too sorry for him, he’s “homeless by choice.” He’s got a free laptop and free Wi-Fi in Bryant Park.

 

According to Mohamed, he’s “never been as comfortable as under de Blasio” because no one forces him to leave the park where a miniature carousel spins children around on painted horses and a yoga lesson takes place on the main lawn. These things, the carousel, the yoga lesson and the free Wi-Fi, only exist because the park was restored from its old days as a drug dealing hangout known as Needle Park.

 

Back then the stretch of park behind the New York Public Library had more crimes than some towns. Cleaning it up took a lot of hard work. Now that hard work is being undone by a pro-crime mayor.

 

When you have enough Mohameds in the park then the kids, the coffee, the Wi-Fi, the yoga mats and the lunch break crowd goes away to be replaced by junkies, needles, drug dealers, muggers and rapists.

 

As Mohamed can tell you, being homeless in the city under Bill de Blasio isn’t too bad for the bums.

 

To be homeless in New York City today means three meals a day, a microwave oven, TV, free laundry, free Internet, free health care and a prepaid cell phone with 300 minutes a month.