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[-] challengerzinnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 173 points 2 weeks ago

Let homeless people have benches and public restroom access, it's the absolute bare minimum we can do.

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 77 points 2 weeks ago

Can we though? Are you thinking of the shareholders at all?!? Someone's going to have a tough time having only 4 holiday homes to choose from... 😬

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

JUST 4? ARE YOU INSANE?

First of all two of those are under a cold front right now, and one of them is having maintenance done in the West courtyard (noisy from 3pm-3:30pm if you are within 6 bedrooms of it, which I assure you, we won't be) and the fourth one we were just at 2 years ago so it's a little much to vacation there again that soon.

Please think before you speak.

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

My apologies and condolences for any tribulations my thoughtfulness may have bestowed upon you. In my haste to protect my interests and that of my colleagues, i spoke before fully considering the gravity of my statements 🫠

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

My people will contact your people for an appropriate settlement.

[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

Generally the only thing I think about shareholders is feeding them into a grinder feet first.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

As a shareholder I can tell you the ones you could have reason for sending to the guillotine are mostly companies

Only the very worst of the super wealthy investors and the companies are pressing for maximum income now which is what wrecks and/or enshittifies businesses

[-] Kaboom@reddthat.com -5 points 2 weeks ago

It's the NYC Subway. It's not a company, it's government mass transit. They had big problems with homeless people harassing people and the cops weren't doing much. Ridership was dropping. So they did the only thing they could do.

It sucks, but what do you expect from the subway? A solution to homeless people? It's for getting people to where they want to go, not for being a shelter.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Keep the benches, and pressure the system to help house and treat the underlying issues of homelessness.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

New York City already provides shelter space for anyone who asks. It's the city's obligation according to the state constitution. (This is one reason why so many migrants came to NYC.) The homeless people in the subway system generally don't want to go to a shelter.

As for treating the underlying issues: many of these people are either schizophrenics or drug addicts. There's no straightforward treatment for either condition.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Guess that solves it, then. Good chat.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 0 points 1 week ago

There are solutions, for example arms between seating positions to make laying down impossible; sharp fins between seating positions to make laying down uncomfortable

These are common worldwide

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago

Taking Benches away is LITERALLY the ONLY Option! How can you Expect Police Officers to do anything when there's FARE JUMPERS that need to be SHOT!

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Im thinking what happens if the people that are not homeless sue the city for a lack of areas to sit down? Regular people. Tired people. People just waiting. Disabled people. Elderly. Pregnant. Etc

[-] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 weeks ago

Then that lawsuit will be paid with tax money, and the new benches will be of hostile design with extra spikes below them just to make sure the homeless won't come. Also they might "feel pressured" to employ a "security" guard that regularly kicks out the homeless in increasingly cruel fashion. For safety reasons, of course.

Doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, only that the current decision makers won't stop to be ass hats. They need their asses kicked.

[-] cogman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Security guards because the cops are busy shooting at people that try to ride without a ticket.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago

That may be how that altercation started, but it's pretty dishonest to say that's why they shot at him.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago

We add more benches.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

The fact that anyone disagreed with you is a sign of how problematic this country is.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The one that contains the NYC metro.

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