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Beyond the boardwalk is a morass of aging motels housing a hidden population of troubled tenants year-round, including the mentally ill, recovering drug addicts, domestic violence victims and sex offenders.
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The boardwalk is a sprawl of shadows, kitschy T-shirt shops are fortressed off behind gunmetal gray gates and the waves roll for no one. When the beach blanket carnival leaves town and summer revelry fades into memory, the darker side of the iconic resort community comes into focus.
Beyond the boardwalk is a morass of aging motels housing a hidden population of troubled tenants year-round, including the mentally ill, recovering drug addicts, domestic violence victims and sex offenders.
Most motels date to the post-WWII boom years, when Seaside was known as "The Town that Fun Built," a working hotels dublin ireland class paradise. But decades of declining tourism and ongoing Hurricane Sandy woes have created a new business model.
Even as some motels shelter sex offenders or people struggling with drug issues, they continue inviting families and prom kids to spend the night. Many spots have glossy hotels dublin ireland websites, enticing travelers with images of sparkling pools and the siren song of free continental breakfast. The motels look whimsical and retro online but in real life more than half failed recent inspections.
There are 27 motels in the tiny borough that shelter hotels dublin ireland the homeless for months, sometimes years. Owners collect between $1,795 and $2,625 in public money per month for each room. The nightly rate doesn't hotels dublin ireland fluctuate by season. Year-round, it's $50-$85 a night. Tourists, meanwhile, pay up to $300 for a room between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Of the 27 Seaside motels that shelter the homeless, only four passed recent state inspections. The rest were cited for health and safety hazards, ranging from broken smoke detectors and missing carbon monoxide alarms to electrical problems and hallways strewn with debris.
There are currently hotels dublin ireland 11 sex offenders living at eight borough motels, according to the New Jersey State Police Megan's Law registry. They dwell in welfare rooms through the quiet of winter and the bustle of summer. Management is not obligated to notify guests of their presence, according to a State Police spokeswoman, Trooper Alina Spies.
The homeless live and work at some motels, getting paid in cash below minimum wage, according to tenants. A convicted sex offender said he was the night watchman at the Travelodge while sheltered there for a year. Others clean rooms for cash.
"There used to be nice places here," said Sal Rispoli, 70, who operates the Heights Central rooming house. The Brooklyn native said he vacationed in Seaside as a teenager. "I brought my kids up here. Now, I look at the motel across the street and he rents to drug dealers and prostitutes."
Borough administrator John Camera said it's dubious for many owners to market the motels as daydream retreats in a world famous destination while getting paid to house emergency assistance hotels dublin ireland recipients, particularly those coming out of the criminal justice system.
"The motel owners have found that it makes sense to keep the steady income from social services right through the summer season, but vacationers who come for seasonal motel rentals aren't expecting and often aren't pleased with the idea of year-round people living in the motel during their summer stay," said Camera, who is retiring at the end of the month.
hotels dublin ireland Going into 2015, there's a rallying cry for redevelopment. The owners of both amusement piers have promised to bring in a new lineup of neon behemoths and luxury townhomes are under construction along Ocean Terrace.
Town leaders are hoping hotels dublin ireland to dispel the "Sleaside" Heights stereotype. hotels dublin ireland Unfortunately, Camera said, most of the motel owners aren't joining in the effort. As the borough undergoes its transition, some owners said they are increasingly reliant on money from social hotels dublin ireland services.
The income is a lifeline for George Lauterbach, owner of the Mark III and the Aquarius Arms motels hotels dublin ireland in Seaside. He said he'd be out of business if he relied on summer traffic. The downside is negative feedback from travelers about the tenants who live at the motel year-round, he said.
"I have problems with relief people asking customers for cigarettes, asking for money," Lauterbach said. "This is the last stop on the bus stop and people get off here because they don't have money and they're stuck here in motels. I moved to Seaside from Brooklyn for a better life. It's not a better life."
Placing a large concentration of emergency assistance recipients on a barrier island, disconnected from the resources that could help them become self-sufficient, creates a vicious hotels dublin ireland cycle of poverty, crime and substance abuse, Camera said.
Although crime has declined in the borough over the past decade, according to the State Police Uniform Crime Report, Seaside's crime rate per capita is still 11 times higher than the Ocean County average.
"One of the basic premises of social work is when somebody is in need, the preference is to keep that person near their family, near places they're familiar with, near places where there's work, all the things that are not true of Seaside," Camera said. "But when push comes to shove, a social worker is going to make the placement in Seaside because it's better than having them go homeless."
It's not ideal to group the poor in a single borough, said Board of Social Services spokeswoman, Meredith Sheehan, hotels dublin ireland but Seaside has a plurality of motel owners who've voluntarily agreed to participate in the emergency initiative called Special Response.
When the town council adopted an ordinance in 2006 to limit the number of welfare rooms in each establishment, a group of motel owners sued the borough for discrimination. Today, hotels dublin ireland the cap is 20 percent of total occupancy but the rule has been difficult to enforce because some owners reliable occupancy numbers, said Christopher Vaz, the borough's new administrator.
Melissa Grayson said she applied hotels dublin ireland for Special Response housing in July and was placed at the Knight's Inn in Seaside. The manager gave her a list of rules: no pool, no visitors hotels dublin ireland and no talking to other guests.
"You're hotels dublin ireland supposed to sit in your room and do nothing," said Grayson, 32, a registered hotels dublin ireland sex offender and single mother hotels dublin ireland who is sheltered at the motel with her son, 2. She was convicted when 16 of molesting two children while babysitting, according to the Megan's Law registry.
"The roof leaks, the windows leak, the door leans sideways so cold air blows through and there's bugs," Grayson said. "The summer is the worst because they don't want you talking to the paying customers. My son would see the little ones going to play at the pool and he'd want to go but he can't. It's like living in a sardine can. It's like being in prison but worse because in prison you can have visitors and phone calls and, ultimately, my kid is in jail too."
Calls to the owner of the Knights Inn, Sandipkumar Patel were not returned. Patel, known as "Mr. P" in Seaside, runs five motels in the borough, including the Travelodge, records show. He pleaded guilty in September to federal charges of visa fraud and filing a false tax return. He continues to operate the motels while he awaits sentencing Jan. 6.
Patel allegedly orchestrated a visa fraud scheme, submitting false work papers for Indian nationals hotels dublin ireland who came to America illegally. The scam involved technology and medical staffing companies, not the motels, according to the criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney, Paul Fishman. Patel, who lives in Edison, did not respond to requests for comment submitted via email and fax. He did not answer the door at his home.
The police have visited the Knights Inn more than 80 times over the past year, according to a log of emergency calls. They've been summoned to break up fights, investigate theft and make drug arrests.
"I don't feel safe," Grayson said. "The chick that was in here before me was a heroin user. When she hit a vein and the blood splattered, she never cleaned it. I had to wash her blood off the walls."
"They shouldn't feel isolated," Sheehan said. "We go out and do visits to our clients at the motels. When we are aware of issues, we are in communication with the motel and the issues are addressed for the most part immediately. But certainly we need to know if there are other issues out there that maybe we're not aware of so that we can look into them."
hotels dublin ireland Grayson said no one was stopped to check her room. She uses the dresser area as a kitchen, with a fridge, a microwave and a hot plate piled up amid slanted racks of shoes and bread. The television is boxed in with pantry items, Cheerios, minute rice, sugar and instant creamer. Dirty dishes go in the bathroom sink and shower.
"I've talked to my social worker there six times and complained," Grayson said. "When you complain, repercussions come back at you. The manager is meaner to