Tag: public assistance

Opinion: Sympathy points email to my Baruch College CUNY Spring 2023 professors.

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Greetings Professor,

First and foremost I always treat everyone at Baruch College CUNY with the utmost respect at all times. 

That is more important than any of this. 

Everyone at Baruch College CUNY is providing a stellar service for the community. 

I’m sending this email to all my professors although I should really be sending it to the legislators that I believe are in charge of these types of decisions. 

Whatever grade I get, I get. 

I 1 million % respect all my professor’s decisions. 

I just wanted to include a little information about myself and other individuals in similar situations. 

In my humble opinion there should be a classification for students living in extreme poverty such as myself. 

There are a lot of students in the United States that are homeless, live in dangerous neighborhoods, don’t have food, etc. 

I’m living in the street homeless and I don’t have food. 

I’m on public assistance receiving about $8 per day for food. 

I applied for hundreds of minimum wage jobs in Manhattan and didn’t get one offer. 

I don’t have a criminal record. 

I don’t drink. 

I don’t smoke. 

I don’t party. 

I don’t do anything illegal. 

I’m in good spirits and making the best of the situation. 

Baruch College CUNY and the professors and staff have made my life 1000X more comfortable than it was before I started college. 

For example, I have a phone, laptop, winter coat, etc. 

I believe that one day I will get a roof back over my head. 

I receive many benefits from New York City, the Federal Government, etc. 

The only benefit I don’t accept is living in a homeless shelter. 

I prefer to be homeless in the street. 

When it’s cold outside I’ll sleep sitting up on the steps of a subway platform such as East 77th St in Manhattan. 

When it’s freezing outside I can’t sit down. 

There are subway stations that are warm but don’t allow people to sit down. 

A lot of people think New York City and the subway is a “free for all” but it isn’t. 

The subway stations that don’t have heat are more lenient than the subway stations that have heat. 

Therefore during the coldest winter months I will have to stand up for hours every night because I can’t sleep—and I’m still freezing. 

There are a lot of homeless people like me that work and go to school. 

People don’t think or don’t care about homeless people that are trying to elevate their lives. 

A lot of us are.

Instead of focusing on that everyone just wants to focus on the most out of control homeless people. 

All the schoolwork I did this semester was while I was tired, hungry, and freezing. 

My phone was stolen 3 times this semester. 

I have police reports for 2 of the times. 

The last thing I want to include is that I understand that just because a person isn’t homeless, doesn’t mean life is perfect for them. 

I understand everyone has their own hurdles to get over. 

Especially these days. 

If any of the above facts has a positive impact on my grade, great. 

If not, I totally understand. 

Thank you and have a great day.

Mark Pine

Opinion: Email to the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) about law enforcement (FBI, police) threatening their staff to sabotage my public assistance case.

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Greetings HRA,

Personally, I think you’re doing a great job. 

I always treat everyone at HRA with the utmost respect at all times.

If you know how to look I’m currently suing The City University of New York. 

The case is called 

Mark Pine Vs The City University of New York. 

The whole case is about how rich people I know pay law enforcement to sabotage me at CUNY and harass me. 

I highly suspect law enforcement is sabotaging my case at HRA. 

I don’t blame anyone at HRA for allowing law enforcement to sabotage me or helping law enforcement sabotage me. 

I don’t have a criminal record. 

I don’t do anything illegal. 

The Manhattan District Attorney, the US Attorney for NYC, the NYPD, and the NYC FBI all blocked my number because if anyone helps me they are immediately fired if they are lucky. 

People I know pay a lot of money to the people in charge of New York City law enforcement to commit crimes.

For example, they like to punch women in the face, drug women, and attack women. 

New York City law enforcement can care less as long as they are being compensated. 

The other NYC government agencies are scared to death to upset law enforcement. 

Anyway, right now I suspect NYC law enforcement is threatening whoever is in charge of paying my storage not to pay it. 

I don’t take it personally. 

If someone at HRA doesn’t allow NYC law enforcement to run scams, NYC law enforcement could have them fired immediately in my opinion. 

Again I always treat everyone at HRA with the utmost respect at all times. 

I’m going to file a Notice of Claim with the NYC Comptroller this week. 

I will let the NYC Comptroller’s Office know that NYC law enforcement is threatening people at HRA not to pay my storage and see if I can get the courts involved. 

The only time I can get NYC law enforcement to follow any rules at all and be a little cautious when they are harassing and sabotaging me is when I get the courts involved. 

Thank you and have a great day. 

Mark Pine 

Opinion: Law enforcement is still sabotaging me at the Human Resources Administration and many other places.

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This is the email I sent to HRA about it.

Greetings HRA, 

First and foremost I always treat everyone at HRA with the utmost respect at all times. 

No matter what. 

People I know pay law enforcement to tease me, sabotage me, and harass me every day. 

Law enforcement doesn’t have any oversight at all. 

I suspect that law enforcement is threatening whoever at HRA is in charge of paying for my storage. 

I uploaded a clear copy of my storage bill through the Access HRA app and the bill isn’t getting paid. 

Anytime I go to the HRA office on 16 St in New York City, law enforcement has women and men crash into me, shove their phones in my face, blow drug smoke in my face, cut me in line, they have drug addicts pretend they are handing me things, etc. 

I just ignore the women and men that law enforcement has harass me. 

I handle my business and leave. 

If anyone can look into what’s going on with my storage it would be appreciated. 

Thank you and have a great day. 

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Opinion: Email to the New York City welfare office (HRA) on July 11, 2022.

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Greetings HRA, 

First and foremost thank you for all the help. 

I am a full time Baruch College student that has been living in the street homeless for the past five years. 

I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I don’t party. I don’t have a criminal record. 

I always treat all the HRA staff and security guards with the absolute utmost respect at all times. Most of the welfare recipients are respectful with the HRA staff like myself but it’s still a demanding job for the HRA team and they are appreciated. 

I’m not taking any classes this summer at Baruch College.

I was signed up for two classes and I dropped them both. 

I dropped one summer class at Baruch College on June 13, 2022. I dropped the second Baruch College summer class a week or two later. 

Fall 2022 I’m signed up for a full time schedule at Baruch College. That starts on August 25, 2022. 

In the meantime I did all the preparation to work for RF CUNY at Baruch College although I don’t believe there are any job openings. 

I went on a RF CUNY interview for the library and they said they had a large number of applicants for the position so they couldn’t hire me. 

When I was at LaGuardia Community College before Baruch College I was able to obtain a job with RF CUNY very easily. I assume that’s because it’s a much smaller school. 

At first I didn’t realize how competitive RF CUNY is at Baruch College so I was asking for the library. Now that I realize I might not be able to land a RF CUNY job at all I notified the CUNY Edge office I’ll take a job in any department. 

The reason for this note is that classes don’t start again until August 25, 2022.

Due to the fact that there are no openings at RF CUNY I’m unable to find a job so I’m not working. 

I’m still receiving the MetroCard money every week. If I’m not supposed to be receiving the MetroCard money I just wanted to point it out because I don’t want anything that isn’t mine. I always follow the HRA rules exactly as they are required. 

I just recertified my public assistance case so I’m set until June 2023. I just don’t believe I’m supposed to receive the MetroCard money if I’m not working for RF CUNY and I’m off from school. That was my experience last summer. 

Please advise. 

Thank you and have a great day. 

Mark Pine

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Email to New York City Human Resources Administration about my welfare case recertification. June 7, 2022.

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Greetings HRA,

I turned in all my documentation for my recertification. 

Baruch College turned in the school documentation. 

I had my interview in person at 14 Street Manhattan today June 7, 2022. 

I just noticed in my account that there was a language questionnaire. 

After I filled out and completed the language questionnaire I uploaded it into the Access HRA app. 

I uploaded it into the other tab because I didn’t see a tab for language questionnaires. 

I’ll keep checking for any additional updates. 

Please let me know if anything else is needed for my recertification. 

Thank you and have a great day.

Mark Pine

Opinion: Email to the Human Resources Administration. 5/2/2022.

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Greetings Human Resources Administration,

First and foremost, I always treat everyone at HRA with the utmost respect at all times.

Treating everyone at HRA respectfully is more important than anything.

Thank you very much for the help. If it wasn’t for HRA I would have starved to death by now.

On 4/11/2022 I sent a perfectly clear copy of my storage bill to HRA via the mobile app.

My case number is X.

It seems that every month I submit my storage bill to HRA, it doesn’t get paid until I send an email to the Commissioner Department of Social Services.

I can’t imagine that every person who is having a storage room paid by HRA has to email the commissioner every month or visit HRA in person every month to have their storage room paid.

That would create an insane amount of unnecessary work for HRA.

Can someone please look into why this is happening to me every month?

Thank you and have a great day.

Mark Pine

City of New York Correspondence Number is #1-1-363478

Opinion: Message to the Commissioner of HRA in New York City. October 7, 2021.

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Greetings Steven Banks, Commissioner, Department of Social Services, 

First and foremost thank you for the help. HRA saved my life after people I grew up with paid NYC law enforcement to sabotage my web marketing clients. I have no criminal record. I don’t do anything illegal. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I’m a full-time student at Baruch College (12 credits this semester). I wish the public heard about homeless people like me more often.

I always treat everyone at HRA with the utmost respect at all times. Your staff is as good as it gets. I hold you all in the highest regard. 

As I stated, I’m a full-time student at Baruch College. The CUNY Edge office and I sent all the paperwork to prove that I’m a full-time student. For some reason, my Access HRA account is showing that they want information about job searches. 

“You need to give us these documents. If you don’t give us these documents, you may not receive benefits. You can view SNAP examples or view Cash Assistance examples. Proof of Job search activities (FIA-1021b Declaration of Job Search Activities) Proof of Eligibility for SNAP again because ABAWD rules are met (or no longer need to be met).”

My access HRA account also says Next Recertification Due: June 2022

Previously, I worked for RF CUNY. I was notified that RF CUNY is canceled this semester for full-time students.

Please let me know what I need to do to meet my requirements. The best way to reach me is via email or if you email me a phone number I’ll call. 

Thank you again for the amazing support you provide for everyone who receives benefits from HRA including myself. 

Please advise. 

Thank you and have a great day. 

Ever upward,

Mark Pine

Email to the New York City Human Resources Administration about losing my public benefits card.

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Greetings Department of Social Services, 

I have received a few letters in the mail warning me that I might be in trouble for losing my public benefits card. 

First of all, I would like to say thank you to everyone at the New York City Human Resources Administration. The help I receive from HRA is a lifesaver. 

I’m 44 years young and I have been homeless for about five years. I tried living in the shelters but I didn’t like it. 

For about the last year and a half, I have been attending The City University of New York. 

First I was at LaGuardia Community College. I earned a 3.975 GPA after 36 credits. 

Now I’m at Baruch College. I’m in my first semester and things are going very well. 

I have been robbed several times and had my wallet stolen. A few times I reported it to the police and there should be police reports on the NYPD computers. 

I don’t have a criminal record at all. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I don’t party. I don’t do anything illegal. 

One time I went to HRA for a new public benefits card. HRA gave me a temporary card. After I went back to get the permanent card, I received a letter saying I’m in trouble for losing cards. 

I have been robbed of clothes, laptops, smartphones, and anything else you can imagine. I will continue to try and be as careful as possible. 

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to improve my standing with HRA. I do everything exactly as HRA requests. I treat the staff at all HRA locations with the utmost respect at all times. 

Please advise.

Thank you and have a great day. 

Ever upward,

Mark Pine

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