new york , richest city in the world , ca n't house its people , so they sleep on the streets and panhandle on fifth avenue , and this upsets the sensitive new yorkers , so they elect rudy whatshisface who promises to clean up the streets , and he gets his blue ribbon city council to outlaw homelessness , just like that -- ca n't beg , ca n't sit on the sidewalk , ca n't be homeless -- and they cut budgets like hell , close shelters and cut assistance , and at the same time they spend a bloody fortune paying new york lawyers to defend them for trying to eliminate poor people . ''