So much for "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..." as far as New York mayor Bill de Blasio is concerned.  He is willing to put a year's rent (in another city) to be rid of homeless people currently inhabiting New York City.  In a bombshell report from Real Clear Investigations, Max Diamond exposes the dumping strategy of the erstwhile champion of the poor. New York City has a distinctive way of dealing with the homeless: pay for them to live pretty much anywhere in the country. Since 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has used a program called Special One-Time Assistance to relocate nearly 10,000 homeless people to over 300 cities. The program — which directly pays landlords a year of rent upfront, free to the beneficiary — is a significant departure from past city homeless relocation efforts because it does not require participants to have strong community ties to the new...(Read Full Post)