Mayor Bloomberg is taking bows for his Sandy response on the Upper East Side,
but people who live in the zones devastated by Sandy are not so happy with his performance:
At a 12-unit apartment building at West 23rd near Mermaid Avenue in
Coney Island, several tenants are huddled together in one room where
human waste is spilling out of the toilet. They need help, and are at a
loss explaining why assistance is getting to them faster.
"We have no food or water. Why isn't anyone helping us," asked tenant Aeising Cancel.
We are scavenging for food like animals," said another tenant Jeffery
Francis. "We are in a crisis and no one will help us. Look at us. We are
misery. Everyone cares about Manhattan. No one is looking out for us.
Nothing. We are Katrina."
At an apartment building at 3024 W 23rd the power is still out and residents are out of food.
"The food is gone. We are scrapping for food. One person found a
sandwich and we split it four ways," said resident 58-year-old Albert
Miller. "I'm just happy to be alive. We are praying a lot right now.
Praying for help. We keep telling ourselves it is going to get better.
It has to get better, right?"
The gas is on in the building, but they have no heat. Tenants are blasting their gas stoves and ovens to stay warm.
The NYPD has a massive presence on Mermaid Ave. At least two officers per block are standing guard.
Almost every business still appears to be closed - as business owners
and employees are busy cleaning up from the hurricane and looting.
Why isn't anyone helping you?
Because Mayor Bloomberg doesn't give a shit about you.
He doesn't give a shit about you at all.
Not one bit.
Con Edison is saying power may be out as long as another 7-10 days in places like Coney Island.
And all the mayor has done is send the NYPD to guard against looting.
How about some food and water, Mr. Mayor?
How
about buying everybody steaks from that fancy steak house you dined at last night?
How about doing something other than spinning how you failed to prepare the city for a storm you said was "less dangerous than Irene"?
If we're all in this together, why not take care of the people in Coney Island?
That's our boy--running true to form.
ReplyDeleteYeah - and it burns me that he's getting fellated by those rich mothers on the UES while people in the housing projects in Coney Island are dealing with this horror.
DeleteListen, I live in a high rise in JC, and I can tell you that after 30 hours without power, surrounded by flooding, in the dark, with fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors going off, people without a way to flush toilets and no one to pick up the garbage, it was starting to feel Katrina-like.
I can only imagine what it must be like in Coney Island where people may not have had the financial means to stock up beforehand and now there's no where to go and get supplies or relief.
What's worse, the police aren't there to help - they're there to guard the stores.
I agree--I got off relatively easy, but these people are living my fears.
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