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Posted on: 2013/7/19 12:44
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The homeless and mentally ill started to appear around Van Vorst Park due to the hospital relocation. Some receive outpatient care. This problem occurs at other hospitals too especially if they are close to a park.
Posted on: 2013/7/10 17:44
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Well it is a problem seeking a solution to a question.
Posted on: 2013/7/10 17:34
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Do away with the homeless??? Aren't you late for your meeting in Wannsee?
Posted on: 2013/7/10 17:28
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Agreed. Before you know it, they'll have accounts here typing out poorly worded rants by the thousands. Lock up the crazies!
Posted on: 2013/7/10 15:41
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The homeless in Manhattan have been known to be dangerous to others around them, the arrests proove it. Should we wait forthe first hit and then do away with the homeless or act now. How many victims should fall prey to the homeless before we act on out principles.
Posted on: 2013/7/10 15:27
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You're going to have homeless people in a city, nothing is going to change that.
As long as they aren't harassing the populace and making a scene on a regular basis they don't bother me much. Also, there are places (shelters) for the homeless to go to. I have seen Taco (shopping cart lady) in a full on business suit being driven around by who I presume is her sister in an attempt to find her a job. The old polish man who traverses up and down Columbus drinks a lot and leaves bottles around, but in reality, he's not harming anyone but himself.
Posted on: 2013/7/10 15:24
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Posted on: 2013/7/10 11:33
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Interesting pictures the neighborhood above the viaduct pressed the police to clean up the debris and their response was what are going to do with the homeless people. We (the neighborhood) just wanted the police to clean up the make-shift shelters hopfully that would deplete the homeless community for greener pastures.
Posted on: 2013/7/10 10:58
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October 24, 2006, under the 14th St. viaduct:
Nov 22, 2006, behind the old Van Leer chocolate factory:
Oct 18. 2008, under Palisades Ave. in the Bergen Arches:
Posted on: 2013/7/10 8:34
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What solution do you think Team Fulop can come up with? This is not a knock at Fulop, but there's nothing any one person can do about the homeless. Offer them help, and they end up back where they started. Its the equivalent to career criminals, they know one way of life and find it hard to adjust to anything else.
Homelessness isn't just a problem downtown, its a problem all over the city. All over the nation.
Posted on: 2013/7/10 4:42
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The couple in the cart - and the other characters downtown. I can only hope that Fulop and his team addresses the issue because it seems to me that the cops and authorities are used to the individuals downtown, sometimes talk to them and most of the time ignore them.
I know they can't get help if they won't accept it. I feel so awful when I see them, especially the woman in the cart as she is apparently very very sick and bruised. I heard she got sober for 3 months over the winter and when she left rehab, she was right back to the streets. Really not sure what the solution is here.
Posted on: 2013/7/10 3:26
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Van Vorst Park is poorly designed in terms of sight-lines. It's too easy for homeless drug addicts to find a place to crash for the night. The trees and tall bushes block sight-lines from the street and even walkways. It doesn't feel safe at night for residents as there could be someone lurking around the next corner.
Posted on: 2013/7/4 1:17
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I started my part-time job in Hoboken this week. And i have run into this homeless woman who carries around a cart and a little cat....on a leash! The woman, i think might have some mental health issues and the poor cat looks pretty dirty. I am not sure why the authorities have not intervened......at least for the poor cat. The last time I saw her she was in the Hoboken Terminal...so its not like the authorities were not around.
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The shopping cart couple are local legends... she is in that cart generally with a 1/2 pint of cheap booze... they have been that way for years and they will never change. Save your money and pity...
Posted on: 2013/7/3 22:09
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YOU are the problem facing JC, not the homeless. You think giving money to the homeless helps them? You know they are vets? Do you ask for formal documentation? Since the homeless have no home, duh, they go where they can get change from fools, suckers, and idiots like you. You are directly increasing the homeless population where you live. Just wanted you to know
Posted on: 2013/7/3 17:22
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Some people beg for change "professionally." Others use it to support a drug or alcohol habit. Think about it - if you were trying to get back on your feet you would seek services first and begging would be a last resort. I had a friend who was down on his luck try it, he lasted one day but the guilt and shame was too much for him. The guys who are out there day after day, it's a hustle, on the same continuum as the guys who sell bootleg DVDs or fruit snacks on the train for their "basketball team" or whatever.
I much prefer the hustlers of New Orleans who play music or do tarot readings or dress as human statues in exchange for tips. It's a fair exchange. I am put off by being the victim of anyone's hustle, legal or not. I think minimum cell phone and tv contracts are one of the worst hustles out there. But I digress. "Sorry, no" or "Sorry, I don't carry cash" are both the responsible way to respond to beggars. If you feel guilty saying no, every time you get hit up for a dollar, put it aside and once you have $20+ send a check to charity.
Posted on: 2013/7/3 14:29
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This is why I am cynical towards charities. At the Captain's meeting the North District police Captain stated that the "homeless" guy panhandling at the Charlotte Circle in the Marion section actually owns a home in the Heights and cleans up quite well at the end of the day. Plus you do not want to encourage loitering in public places.
Posted on: 2013/7/3 10:47
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Besides the obvious drug addicts some people that hang on the streets begging aren't all homeless. I remember one lady that used to beg in JSQ I used to see on many occasions leave an apartment building every morning she lived in to go to JSQ to beg for money, she had obvious mental issues though but I have heard of a few others just like her over the years. I even remember one guy used to pretend to be homeless so he could get free popcorn, soda and a movie once and a while at Newport. One of the managers felt bad for him and he seemed harmless so allowed him to keep getting in for free until one day I guess he forgot his "homeless shoes" and had Jordans on lol. It turned out the guy had a home and was just pretending to get free things. He even used to get free food in the food court from other managers that felt bad for him.
Posted on: 2013/7/3 9:01
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There are lots of people with mental health issues in Jersey City. But, getting them to recognize that they need help and getting them to accept help is a major hurdle.
Also, a legacy of abuses in mental hospitals opened the floodgates and now folks who were formerly locked up are now left to fend for themselves in the streets. There should be a sensible middle ground where we firmly insist that folks get assistance, but also do this in a humane way. But, it is tough to institute such a policy and takes $$.
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There are plenty of places for people to get professional help. Giving to people on the street circumvents the structure they need to get back on their feet and promotes bad habits.
Give to these organizations if you feel bad. Do not give cash on the street. Catholic Community Services Anthony House 246 Second Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 420-1070 Catholic Community Services Franciska Residence 615 Grove Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 653-3366 Catholic Community Services Neuville Housing 619 Grove Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 656-5771 Square Meal 46 Fairview Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 332-0864 Seton House 181 Carteret Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07305 (201) 451-6199 YWCA Battered Women's Program 270 Fairmont Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 333-5700 Youth Consultation Service 45 Clifton Place Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 627-2111 Inter-Religious Fellowship for the Homeless One Highland Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 627-2111 York Street Project St. Joseph's Home 81 York Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 413-9280 Let's Celebrate One Highland Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 433-5438 Congregate Meal of Hyacinth 183 Bayview Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 433-1134 Jersey City Episcopal CDC / Corpus Christi Ministries 118 Summit Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07304 (201) 604-2600 Salvation Army Adult Rehab. Center 248 Ere Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 653-3071 Hudson County American Red Cross 26 Greenville Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07305 (201) 433-3100 Sister Cabrini Soup Kitchen Kenmare Alternate School 89 York Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 451-8225 ext. 155 WomenRising 270 Fairmount Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 333-5700
Posted on: 2013/7/2 19:33
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That's what I'm wondering. Shelters and possible treatment programs would certainly help.
Posted on: 2013/7/2 19:21
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They have plenty of support. There is free food and shelter available to them. Do not give panhandlers money. You only encourage bad habits. It is always a bad idea to give money to people on the street.
Posted on: 2013/7/2 19:20
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I see panhandlers usually cripples or war vets near the off ramp from I-78 towards Columbus Drive. Always give them a dollar if possible.
On Newark between Manila/Grove and Erie there is always the shopping cart couple. Sad to see her scrunched up in a cart. Then, there are a variety of rotating characters outside: McDonalds A1 deli Lee's Grocery Also a bunch of them sleep near the Pier at Exchange Place/ Newport. Do they have shelters in JC or a place they can stay?
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WALKERS!
Posted on: 2013/7/2 18:16
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Maybe there are more, but they are moving around more, or moved off my usual paths, so I don't notice them? I know for years I couldn't walk past the McDonald's at Grove without getting swarmed, and Hamilton Park was a big hangout; now I don't see much in either place.
Posted on: 2013/7/2 18:05
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I'd say an increase, yes. I've been here for 9 years and have definitely seen a jump over the last couple. It used to be a few people in front of A-1 or McDonald's asking for change. Now there's an assortment of characters scattered throughout the park, the residential side streets on on stoops, and just wandering around downtown. Now they're mobile and in some cases, aggressive.
When you've got a 3yr old playing at Van Vorst and a bunch of homeless folks drinking a few feet away, or passed out in the gazebo, or in the case of a few weeks ago, having to step over human feces, it's definitely an increase compared to a few years ago. I can't speak on Jrnl Sq.
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nope.
Posted on: 2013/7/2 17:46
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I personally haven't really seen much of a change. Some, if not most, of the specific people mentioned have been visible downtown for years.
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increase since when? It has certainly decreased over the years. Noticed a tangible jump after the 2008 recession but mostly in Journal Square.
Posted on: 2013/7/2 17:40
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