Giuliani to 'Occupy Wall Street': 'Streets Are Not for Sleeping'
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani told Sean Hannity on his talk show yesterday that, if he was still mayor, he would have told the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters, “You are not allowed to sleep on the streets.”
On his show, Hannity asked Giuliani how he would have dealt with the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement if he was still mayor of New York City - to which Giuliani replied, “Well I had a rule and I enforced it as best I could and pretty effectively. The rule was: You’re not allowed to sleep on the streets. Sorry, not allowed to sleep on the streets. Streets are not for sleeping.”
“Sleeping on the streets is a dysfunctional act. It harms the person, it harms society, it leads to unsanitary conditions that affect public health,” added Giuliani. “The first one who decided to sleep there should have been removed and then the second one, and the third one, and the fourth one and the fifth one.”
“They can protest during the daytime if they want to, but if you want to stay over in New York City overnight, you got to rent a room, and if you’re homeless we got plenty of shelters for you,” said Giuliani.
Cross-posted from CNSNews.com.
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Still don't get it.
Submitted by Tjexcite on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 7:09pm.
If they could not sleep on the steet there would be blood on the street. That is the only reason why there has been no blood yet. The city can out wait them until it snows and everyone but thoes who are always there will be sunshine patriots and leave until it warms up. OWS he been planned for decades with the root being 100 years in the making and will not go away because they can't sleep in downtown NYC.