Sentences with word «panhandler»

The story, which I can't confirm, is that the animals belong to a homeless panhandler in Santa Barbara, California.

De Blasio spokesman Eric Phillips argued that Hizzoner meant to say panhandlers who do it for fun are making the city's neediest look bad.

New York's billionaire mayor showed ignorance of city subways saying panhandlers are few in city.

A similar experiment was conducted by a copywriter in New York who developed a campaign to assist panhandlers with their message.

I don't doubt that many panhandlers are truly struggling, but here are the surprisingly transferrable tactics used by Eugene and others at the top of their game.

It's common sense but people respond to kindness and often ignore those they see as panhandlers.

Keen Berger opened her report with an anecdote about a homeless panhandler she encountered on the F train while she was with her grandson.

bought or found signs from panhandlers around Mpls.St.Paul, Painter, I created this sculpture, photographer

He would not speculate on whether or not the increase in the number of panhandlers on city streets is in any way related to a significant decline in the number of summonses issued for quality of life infractions from fiscal year 2013, just before the beginning of the de Blasio administration, to the close of fiscal year 2015, which ended on June 30 this year.

Although State Street is struggling with retail tenant vacancies and the presence of aggressive panhandlers, downtown Santa Barbara has one asset that people agree is key to the area's success: The ample availability of parking.

TIMES SQUARE — Times Square street vendors who complain they are getting crushed under the mayor's campaign against topless panhandlers saw the number of tickets handed out by the NYPD quadruple at the end of the summer, according to city data.

The San Francisco study actually found that 94 percent of panhandlers spend whatever money they get on food, compared to just 44 percent who spend it on drugs or alcohol.

The mayor claimed twice that some people begging for money on the streets are doing it for «fun,» enraging panhandlers who say they have no choice.

Times Square street vendors who complain they are getting crushed under the mayor's campaign against topless panhandlers saw the number of tickets handed out by the NYPD quadruple at the end of the summer.

As the weather warms up, we tend to see more and more panhandlers in our City.

Even panhandlers will roll their eyes at the offer of a few pennies.

Opposed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the grant - funded San Francisco Animal Care & Control program to foster «problematic puppies» with former panhandlers did not actually get started until 2014, and is no longer listed among the San Francisco Animal Care & Control programs and services.

Lawyers and advocates say the legislation has since led to homeless people and panhandlers often racking up thousands of dollars in fines with no way to pay the penalties.

NEW YORK, N.Y. ---- Is Joseph Ramos, 70, also known as Joseph Noal and Joseph Noah, a street corner animal exhibitor, or just one of the longest active and most controversial panhandlers using animals as an adjunct to begging in downtown Manhattan?

In fact, I found quite a number of articles about panhandlers coming to blows with each other over prime territory.

(One of our local «homeless» panhandlers drives a Mercedes, a couple of others drive new BMWs.)

We are honored to be doing a cooking demo and signing at the Broadway Panhandler which is a great venue that often hosts chef and authors from various styles of cuisines.

He would also follow such unusual Christian procedures as bringing panhandlers in off the street for sandwiches.

Utica city police department officials are asking motorists to stop giving money to panhandlers due to a rising number of complaints.

De Blasio dismissed the surge of aggressive desnudas and other costumed characters in Times Square as fake news, right before his own police commissioner admitted that cops are issuing more summonses to the scofflaw panhandlers.

As this is asking about giving to panhandlers rather than the direction of public funds to homeless people, I agree that this is not a good fit for the politics SE.

The Oneida County Department of Social Services launched an outreach operation this morning to assess the needs of panhandlers throughout the City of Utica and help align them with the proper services.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday backed off his push to eliminate the pesky panhandlers plaguing Times Square by ripping out its popular pedestrian plazas.

A law - enforcement source shrugged that the officers» hands were tied since most of the costumed panhandlers are illegal — and under the de Blasio administration, it's a no - no to go after them.

Currently, Syracuse police don't have a policy or enforcement effort aimed at panhandlers, said Syracuse Police Capt. Richard Shoff.

De Blasio also said his administration's efforts to curb homelessness are working, despite increasing estimates of the number of homeless people on city streets, and expressed frustration that New Yorkers often confuse panhandlers «who are not particularly in need» for homeless persons.

BROWNSVILLE — An enraged panhandler shot a man following a dispute aboard a Brooklyn bus Friday morning, police said.

But the proposal ran into criticism from both sides — with some arguing that it would grant official imprimatur to masked panhandlers, and others claiming it would unfairly interfere with the livelihood of low - income New Yorkers.

(El Ovido) Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Peruvian Panhandlers Find 15 Minutes of Fame in Offbeat Documentary Remember what New York was like before Mayor Giuliani cleaned up the streets?

Its lack of originality and stultifying obviousness isn't what I hate (it's too boring to hate), though: what I hate is the intrusion of the supernatural in the character of a Hungarian panhandler (Jack Lauger) Huff helps in ways so astonishingly altruistic as to suggest religious mania — not to mention an aesthetic that applies edits and score with the feckless aggression of the genuinely clueless.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, this superb tale of how greed eats at the soul, casting heroic Humphrey Bogart as a murderous panhandler looking for gold in Mexico and Walter Huston, the director's father, as a toothless prospector.

This is a town troubled only by hoodie - wearing youngsters loitering in the town square, a bit of underaged drinking, an annoying living statue panhandler, and occasionally a loose swan that needs to be rounded up.

He believes them even if there's nothing there, and he's not some insane panhandler.

Panhandlers give * me * money!

Driving around the other day I came to one of those intersections that attract panhandlers.

A small, plump, cute little Labrador puppy that you, or the kids, or your partner, fed from the table, will, within a few months, turn in to a large, persistent, crafty panhandler, who won't take no for an answer.

Many other cities, however, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Denver, have programs specifically designed to help homeless people keep pets, which tend to help panhandlers as well, homeless or not.

Take note of how locals dress and follow suit, don't stand in the open while looking at a map, and avoid wearing flashy items, especially in developing countries where panhandlers and pickpockets are common.

Anything Helps is a limited edition artist book surveying the cardboard signs used by panhandlers and homeless people.

This caricature of evil would represent everything we stand against; it would be the ultimate political panhandler.