{"id":73015,"date":"2021-07-09T19:46:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T23:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=73015"},"modified":"2021-07-09T19:46:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T23:46:59","slug":"is-this-how-they-are-scaring-floridians-to-stanch-the-flow-of-new-residents-to-the-state-from-the-sanctuary-cities-across-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=73015","title":{"rendered":"Is this how they are scaring Floridians to stanch the flow of new residents to the state from the sanctuary cities across America?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Crestview Towers Residents Get 15 Minutes To Retrieve Essential Items From Evacuated North Miami Beach Condo<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Peter D&#8217;Oench<\/p>\n<p><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%3D%3D\"  width =\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MIAMI (CBSMiami) \u2014 Some residents shed tears Friday as they were allowed to return to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2021\/07\/04\/crestview-towers-evacuated-north-miami-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crestview Towers,<\/a>\u00a0their evacuated building for 15 minutes and retrieve belongings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just too much for me,\u201d said an emotional Vanessa Figueroa as she was allowed to return to the 4th floor and pick up some blankets, shoes and clothing from the apartment she shared with her fianc\u00e9 and mother and father at the 10-story, 156-unit Crestview Towers.<\/p>\n<p>They are now living with her sister.<\/p>\n<p>Figueroa told CBS4\u2019s Peter D\u2019Oench, \u201cOther people\u2019s lives are going on,\u201d she said as tears rolled down her face. \u201cI don\u2019t want to cry because we have to get out of here and our home and we have everything in there. I\u2019m living with my sister and she doesn\u2019t have much space. I will never return here. This has been too hard on us. We have not been able to get our valuable stuff like furniture and TVs and we want to move out and never go back to this building and start another life in another place. Fifteen minutes was not much time to get what we needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have heard a lot about the building and the city and the condominium association board but nobody is talking about us, the residents,\u201d said Figueroa.<\/p>\n<p>North Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Rand told D\u2019Oench that police helped more than 110 families from the building between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Richard Rand personally escorted members of 12 families to their apartments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am involved with my troops. I lead from the front. If I have somebody doing this, I am going to be out there doing it. It is not about me. It is not about the police department. It\u2019s about the people standing out here who have lost their homes. That\u2019s why I am here. If this happened to my family, I would want my local officials, my local police to get involved like this,\u201d Rand said.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Yang Dai said, \u201cI was able to get some clothes, paperwork and some medicine.\u201d One resident named Victor said, \u201cI was able to get my aquarium, food and medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His friend Isaac Grinburg said, \u201cI got a little bit of food. This has been very hard. Every day you don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another resident named Barbara said, \u201cI am going to get my husband\u2019s medication and some clothes. It is very hard right now. Because I paid $1,600 a month and you know rent is not $1,600 because I had 3 bedrooms and a bath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Residents said they are staying with friends and family members. The Miami-Dade Homeless Trust is helping 55 families.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Gustavo Mata returned to his apartment with two wagons with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like being homeless,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know you wake up today and tomorrow you are homeless like that\u2019s what I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosy, another resident, said, \u201cI am trying to get most of my clothes, my memories, my jewelry. It\u2019s really sad leaving all my stuff behind. It is really scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Residents were forced to evacuate last Friday after an audit of high-rise buildings 40 years or older and after the City expressed concerns about the structural integrity of the building. The City Manager said he took action after the city learned of a report from January from an engineer who said the building has structural and electrical issues.<\/p>\n<p>Crestview Towers is located at 2025 N.E. 164th St. and is five miles from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/tag\/condo-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champlain Towers South<\/a>\u00a0condo complex that partially collapsed on June 24th.<\/p>\n<p>The City says the building will remain closed until a new 40-year recertification report has been submitted that addresses all structural and electrical issues.<\/p>\n<p>An engineer hired by the Condominium Association Board said the building would be safe to live in while repairs were being made. That was the conclusion of two reports. But the city rejected the reports. Records indicate the building faces $500,000 in fines for illegal construction, electrical problems, and 18 violations of the Miami-Dade fire code.<\/p>\n<p>New photos from the engineer\u2019s report show corrosion and columns, slabs, joints, balconies and the roof needing concrete restoration.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2021\/07\/09\/evacuated-residents-crestview-towers-north-miami-beach\/\">https:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2021\/07\/09\/evacuated-residents-crestview-towers-north-miami-beach\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crestview Towers Residents Get 15 Minutes To Retrieve Essential Items From Evacuated North Miami Beach Condo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}