Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Eviction in Long Island

I was reading a story yesterday about a woman, Angelina Darrego, 70 years old, same age as my mom, who lives in Long Island, New York in an apartment complex that is subsidized by the Government, so she basically just pays only what she can afford. Well, a new owner comes in and buys the apartment complex and tells her they are not running a charity anymore (basically) and she needs to get out. The poor woman is half blind and can barely walk and it sounds like she doesn't have any family. So, she is pretty upset, doesn't know where to go, what to do, all she thinks is that she is going to be a bag lady living on the street. Now this is sad just that part of the story, it's winter time and right before the holidays - BUT the kicker here is the new owners of the apartment complex saw that she wasn't getting her stuff to move out in a few days, they turned off her HEAT and her HOT WATER. What kind of greedy, heartless bastards would do that to an elderly woman, especially one with severe health problems. All just another part of the human condition. I know that sometimes I get really jaded and start to look at people as uncaring, soulless creatures that are only out for themselves, this story reinforces that, unfortunately. Thank god the news covered this story and got in touch with the right people so
The Director of Housing and Heating promised her that for now she would be safe and they got her heating and water turned back on, but after the 1st of the year she had to find a new place.

I really do believe in Karma and have seen greedy stupid evil people get what they deserve and I really hope these new owners get what they deserve...this woman could have been my mom or any ones mom. What a nightmare for this poor woman, this probably even took a bigger toll on her health. Anyway, it just made me sad when I saw this story and like I said, just reinforced that the uncaring and greedy jerks of this country are just getting more and more prevalent.

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