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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 5 2013, 11:13 AM (850 Views) | |
| Guest | Aug 5 2013, 11:13 AM Post #1 |
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How bad is the cheapest place to stay in NY? Try the cockroach-infested dump where 100 men sleep in 'kennels' - for just $10 a day Single dorm rooms at Chinatown's Sun Bright Hotel are just $10 a night, but most are swarming with cockroaches and vermin More than 100 disadvantaged men live side by side in 'human kennels' separated by chicken wire on two floors Cubicles measure seven by five feet ![]() Hellhole: A block of 32 cubicles, each about 90 by 58 inches, separated above the door frame by chicken wire ![]() Prison-like: This is the third floor entrance, where men live in tiny cubicles with no air conditioning ![]() No options: David Rodriguez, 74, moved into the Sun Bright Hotel in 1997, after he retired from cab driving ![]() Suffering: Double leg amputee Michael Fidler, 66, has lived in this room for 11 years It’s a New York hotel offering 'cages' for just $10 a night - and you get what you pay for. The single rooms at Chinatown's The Sun Bright Hotel have been described as 'animal shelters', where more than 100 disadvantaged men live side by side in cockroach-infested chicken wire boxes. Only men are allowed in the 'kennels' on the third and fourth floors, and the rooms are just seven by five feet - smaller than a prison's solitary-confinement cell. And at least one resident reported the body of a man was left to rot in his room for 15 days before it was removed - and the room wasn't even cleaned afterward. The allegations come from the New York Post, which sent a reporter to check out the cut-rate hotel. 'It was horrible - like an animal shelter,' a first responder recently called to the hotel told 'I picked up a suit on the wall and roaches fell out. Hundreds of them.' More than 100 men on the floor share one bathroom with two shower stalls, four toilets and one urinal. Cockroaches, vermin and fleas infest the dilapidated building, and black mold covers most of the walls, according to the Post. The owners of the hotel have not responded to allegations. Managers were not available for comment to MailOnline early Monday. The six-story building doesn't have an elevator, and most floors lack air conditioning, according to reports. New York Post reports the city Department of Buildings has issued the budget hotel with 46 summonses since 1988. It has 22 open violations for converting the second and fifth floors into a hostel and installing laundry equipment on the second floor. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384689/The-cheapest-place-stay-New-York-City-Inside-Chinatowns-The-Sun-Bright-Hotel.html#ixzz2b6zFo6Nj Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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| Guest | Aug 5 2013, 11:17 AM Post #2 |
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But it has that kicky bathhouse feel to it! |
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| Tybee | Aug 5 2013, 11:26 AM Post #3 |
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It's staggeringly sad to think what some people are forced to go through just to live day to day. It makes me very sad to think there's really not much I can do personally to help people like this, even though I want to do all sorts of things. It's even sadder to think just how many people across the country have it that bad or far worse. These guys are lucky. They have a roof over their heads at night, such as it is. |
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| Guest | Aug 5 2013, 12:12 PM Post #4 |
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Meanwhile, in another part of the city, some dude who runs a hedge-fund (in other words, contributes nothing useful to anyone) gave himself a $1,000,000,000 bonus. |
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| Deleted User | Aug 5 2013, 12:35 PM Post #5 |
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Libertarians want even more of this. |
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| Guest | Aug 5 2013, 02:09 PM Post #6 |
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Caged sizemeat accessible through chicken wire. Has MPC booked her flight yet? |
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| Guest | Aug 5 2013, 02:20 PM Post #7 |
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Why do I suspect an agent from the IRS will greet her as she alights from the aircraft . . . |
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| Deleted User | Aug 5 2013, 03:07 PM Post #8 |
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Did they expect her to report all that money she made as a whore? Silly. |
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| Guest | Aug 5 2013, 03:26 PM Post #9 |
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Those quarters add up. |
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| Guest | Aug 6 2013, 05:05 AM Post #10 |
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New York City truly is a concrete jungle, human beings living like animals. Is that fire trap up to code in case of fire? It looks like a tragedy just waiting to happen. |
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