Mayor Adams must move in state court to end the consent decree. To win, he would have to argue — albeit decades belatedly — that the city, in signing the decree, improperly exceeded its limits to t…
has done everything he can to house tens of thousands of migrants in hotels and tents, only to tank his approval rating.Adams is failing, because he’s doing everything but the obvious: move to end New York City’s spurious “right to shelter.”This fake right, which has persisted for more than four decades, now imperils New York City’s ability to provide public services, such as fire protection and garbage collection.
There is a section in the constitution about the “needy,” and this is what homeless advocates have used in court. The federal and state constitutions safeguard your rights, by contrast, because the federal and state governments are sovereign, and thus are powerful enough to enact laws that could infringe upon your freedoms.
Likewise, although the city has a “human rights law,” the law has no constitutional standing. If the city violates your rights, your recourse is in state or federal court.REUTERS/Mike SegarWithin a sovereign jurisdiction, rights are universal. The state constitution does not say, “You have a right to religious liberty, except in Scarsdale, which opted out of it.”Your constitutional rights have something in common: they aren’t entitlements to anything of material value.
This is because spending is a democratic tradeoff. The more we spend on Medicare, the less we have for infrastructure.If the founders of New York or the US had said, back in 1777 and 1791 respectively, that we had a right to, say, retirement security, they would have sharply reduced future lawmakers’ role in the annual budget process. Most of this year’s budget would have been decided centuries ago.Economies suffer recessions, which reduce tax revenue.
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