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A panhandler outside Grand Central Terminal says he rakes in up to $200 an hour from kind-hearted New Yorkers.



And the 43-year-old former theater stagehand is only one of a legion of beggars in the city hauling in big bucks and a smorgasbord of food doing nothing but sitting on the sidewalk with hands out.

“On a Friday morning, I make $400 in two hours,’’ said Will Andersen, who was with his 9-year-old dog, Rizzo, on East 42nd Street between Vanderbilt and Madison avenues on Tuesday.

As Andersen was talking to The Post, another beggar told him gleefully, “I got three breakfast sandwiches today! And they were all meat! I’m putting on pounds out here!”

The beggars’ comments came a day after Police Commissioner Bill Bratton urged New Yorkers to simply not give if they want to get vagrants off the streets.

Panhandling is so lucrative, Andersen said he now rents a room in Inwood after being homeless for three years. He said he’s on the street only to collect handouts.

“I have gotten $80 or $100 from a single person. And they will say, ‘Just do something good tonight.’ They mean go to a hotel or a hostel,’’ he said.

“I get people who give me five bucks each day. Five bucks each day, that’s five days a week, two people — that’s $50 a week right there. I get dog food. I put away for rent. I pay $300 a month, that’s nothing.”

Andersen admitted that the pooch helps.

Another beggar, working the northeast corner of West 35th Street and Seventh Avenue near Penn Station, said that just like everything else in the city, it’s all about location for vagrants.

“There are other spots where people get hundred-dollar bills. I could go over to Fifth Avenue and make $150 before lunch,’’ said the man, 36, who gave only his first name, Daniel. “But I don’t want to deal with the hassle,’’ he said. “There’s people that bully you to get out of the good spots.’’

Some vagrants even admitted that Bratton is right on the money — New Yorkers shouldn’t be giving them dough.

“If you stop giving them money and help them with those other things, like blankets, clothing and food, they would definitely leave because they would know they couldn’t get the money to get high or drunk,’’ said Shaunyece Darling, 22, who panhandles with her boyfriend, dog and three cats.




“People are more generous because I have a dog, 100%. They throw me a dollar and say, ‘That’s for the dog,’ ’’ Andersen said, sitting next to a duffel bag full of donated food for himself.

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I have heard this for years and years. A lot of the most needy looking people have nice homes, etc.... Beats paying taxes, I guess, but I wonder how they justify their purchases??

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I carry dog food in my car. When I see beggars with dogs, they're very appreciative of getting a can or two of food for their pup.
The dogs didn't choose their lot in life.

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karl271 wrote:

I have heard this for years and years. A lot of the most needy looking people have nice homes, etc.... Beats paying taxes, I guess, but I wonder how they justify their purchases??

 Our police department recently put out a notice to stop giving to the pan handlers.  They are catching them driving really nice trucks and going to good neighborhoods.  They're asking you to donate to a food pantry.



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I'm not defending panhandling, I won't give cash to anyone collecting money except for the Salvation Army bell ringer. The ones I see me are people who don't want to work or can't get hired probably due to past issues such as committing a crime. I doubt they are taking in $200/hour or any where near that.

I do think this country has a growing issue, though. With all the background checks employers do, including financial background checks, it is getting harder and harder for someone with a record or poor financial health to find an apartment or a job. I don't have an opinion per se; certainly these people brought their lot in life on themselves. All I'm saying is it is a growing problem for society.

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

I'm not defending panhandling, I won't give cash to anyone collecting money except for the Salvation Army bell ringer. The ones I see me are people who don't want to work or can't get hired probably due to past issues such as committing a crime. I doubt they are taking in $200/hour or any where near that.


I do think this country has a growing issue, though. With all the background checks employers do, including financial background checks, it is getting harder and harder for someone with a record or poor financial health to find an apartment or a job. I don't have an opinion per se; certainly these people brought their lot in life on themselves. All I'm saying is it is a growing problem for society.


I think that is a good point. Everyone has every second of their lives electronically documented. You post an opinion someone doesn't like, then you are going to be labeled. Any misstep in life along the way from bad credit to some petty crime, you are branded. Seems like having a job means that your employer now has 24/7 control over your life and people now accept that. On the other hand, why should employers not know some information as well as they have a choice in whom they may choose to hire. The world is so litigious that employers don't want to hire those who had minor brushes with the law and so forth. There is no chance for them to work their way up through the ranks anymore even if they would want to.
On the other hand, people make a lot of poor choices. Nothing says "thug" like getting tattoos on your face and neck.

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I feel mixed on this issue also. I want employers to have the right to vet someone and not put their company in danger. However, if you were arrested for having pot on you when you were twenty, or maybe got two dui's at a young age, when does it end? Should you have to continue to pay into your 40's for this? It's kind of a double edge sword. I have friends that have made mistakes, and yes people do make mistakes and are capable of change, that shouldn't be penalized by this.

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