Wednesday, July 29, 2009

NYC Buys One-Way Tickets For Homeless

From a somehow not outraged New York Times:

City Aids Homeless With One-Way Tickets Home

By JULIE BOSMAN

July 29, 2009

They are flown to Paris ($6,332), Orlando ($858.40), Johannesburg ($2,550.70), or most frequently, San Juan ($484.20).

They are not executives on business trips or couples on honeymoons. Rather, all are families who have ended up homeless, and all the plane tickets are courtesy of the city of New YorkSource: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

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