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we first told but sonia gonzalez last week after police confiscated 20 of her carts. the hoarding took over block after block of hell's kitchen. police efforts to fix the problem have not worked. cbs 2's ilana gold has the story. >> reporter: we couldn't miss an irate sonia gonzalez at 11th avenue with her cart packed. minutes later she threw food on a hell's kitchen sidewalk and got aggressive with us when we approached her. all because crews with the city showed up and removed her things. overnight, we watched gonzalez hauling her massive collection of bags and cardboard across can't ignore. >> she within the course of two or three days had regained two or three carts and she is probably the hardest working homeless woman in new york city. >> reporter: for years there have been repeated complaints to the city about this homeless woman street hoarding. one week ago we told but the city confiscating 20 of her carts. gonzalez has been sprawling them across sidewalks and dragging them across busy intersections. do you think this is even working? >> do you know it's not

sonia gonzalez, the homeless long caravan of rusted and broken-down carts from one hell's kitchen spot to another,is the latest example. >> i sleep anywhere. because i got a big problem. >> reporter: what's your problem? >> somebody wants to kill me. >> reporter: while sonia was a menace to local residents, >> i don't want nobody! >> reporter: and blocking traffic and business entrances, she didn't reach the level of a 23-year-old with psychological problems who killed and slashed people and setting people on fire. >> we didn't get into the situation overnight. so we are not going to get out of it overnight. >> reporter: the first lady announcing the selection of 14 community based organizations to expand mental health services to some 40,000 new yorkers over the next five years. she says it will go a long way to making the streets safer. >> if we can prevent mental illness from spiraling into more serious mental illness, it's going to have a huge effect on public safety. >> reporter: like her husband mayor de blasio she blames the state's decision to deinstitutionalize mental pages cl

city officials say sonia gonzalez' carts have been blocking sidewalks and causing traffic problems. she told us she collects things to sell to recycling crews. convince her to move in to a shelter. >>> new at 11:00, a routine fire in a nondescript little apartment in brooklyn. enough firepower to arm a small platoon. you name it, rifles, shot guns, grenades and more. carolina leid with the story. >> this suspect is expected to be arraigned at any moment now at brooklyn criminal court. his neighbors are wondering why he allegedly had all that stuff in his home in the first place. >> reporter: as firefighters put out hotspots in this brooklyn apartment building tuesday afternoon, they never expected to find this kind of heat. rifles, semiautomatic hand guns, shot guns, and ammunition. even grenades and sticks of dynamite were found inside a second floor apartment. shocking to both firefighters and neighbors. >> it was crazy. i didn't even know. brown is facing multiple weapons charges for allegedly having all this inside his crown heights apartment. neighbors say he's a retired correc

. >> reporter: her name is sonia gonzalez and there is just one question that comes to mind when you see her pushing her stunning and unfathomable collection of possessions rusted and broken-down carts filled with a wild array of bottles, clothes, blankets, food from one spot in hell's kitchen to another. how has this homeless woman stayed under the city radar for decades? and so you like your life? >> well, i got to do it if you got -- you got to try be to normal because you don't be normal you can't survive. >> reporter: neighbors and residents some of whom have repeatedly called authorities say she is at times good- hearted and at times bombastic. they also say her possessions block traffic and prevent customers from entering their businesses. pat owns three bars. >> it's up sweating she parks her stuff in front -- it's upsetting when she parks her stuff in front of our places. i ask her gently to move to avoid the explosion. somebody should be doing >> reporter: the real issue for city resident not only those who live and work in hell's kitchen is this. >> now that it's getting w

sanitation workers tossed out items from the large caravan of shopping carts that belonged to sonia gonzalez. we first told you about her yesterday and somehow she symbolizes the city's homeless problem. gonzalez talked about her carts filled with bottles, blankets, clothing and food that she pushed through the streets. the mayor says gonzalez will get some help. >> she no longer has though shopping carts and we're going to work very hard to get her the care she needs even though she is resistant. >> police said yesterday they would convince gonzalez to go to a shelter. >>> a billboard along manhattan's west side has drivers slowing down and doing double takes because of all of the words on it. so is this smart marketing or just a dangerous distraction? cbs 2's sonia rincon takes a look. tell you, it's a bad sign. but then what? can you actually read this while you're driving? because you shunted. >> bad idea. distraction for drivers. >> reporter: drivers here at 125th street agree this pair of billboards for lyft doesn't seem safe with all those words and small font. >> it's terrible. like

we told you about sonia gonzalez last week after police confiscated 20 of her shopping carts, this morning crews took away most of her belongings once again. after she came back hauling more stuff. for years, there have been multiple complaints to the city about her stash, blocking sidewalks. >> within the course of two or or three carts and she is the in new york city. >> the mayor's office says it has tried to help gonzalez with housing and mental health since 2009 but she refuses. gonzales is not allowed or will only be allowed now to keep one card, the nypd says it will keep checking on her to make sure she's not hoarding again. >>> president obama imposed new sanctions on north korea for nuclear and ballistic missile testing. the executive order bans exports and new investments, earlier this year north korea says it launched a hydrogen bomb along with a satellite into space. >>> adding to the tension, the sentence of an american college student for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda better. north korea's highest court punished 21-year-old otto warmbier to 15 years of hard labor, t

we first told you about sonia gonzalez last week after police confiscated 20 of her carts. the hoarding took over blocks of hell's kitchen. the city said efforts to help her have not work. alana gold tracked her down. >> reporter: we could not miss an irate sonia gonzalez standing in the middle of 11th avenue and 51st street with her cart packed to the bridge. minutes later, she threw food on the health kitchen sidewalk and got aggressive with us when we approached her. all because cruz with the city's peddler's task force showed up and took most of her belongings. we watched her hauling her massive collection of bags and cardboard across the neighborhood, something nearby businesses can't ignore. >> she, within the course of two or three days, regained two or three carts and she is probably the hardest working homeless woman in new york city. >> reporter: for years, there to the city about this homeless woman's street hoarding. one week ago, we told you about the city confiscating 20 of her carts. gonzalez has been sprawling them across sidewalks and dragging them across b

the new york post reports that the city told the owner sonia gonzalez she could keep what had medical or life-sustaining value. the rest was blocking the sidewalk and traffic. >> yeah. >> and how much do you think you have here? >> i got plenty. plenty. >> reporter: earlier yesterday, gonzalez spoke with cbs 2s marcia cramer showing her the huge collection of rusted and broken down carts she pushes through hell's catch -- kitchen. the carts are filled with an array of bottles, clothes, blankets and food. >> and you like your life? >> and i have to do it. if you want to survive, you have to try to be normal. if you don't be normal, you can't survive. >> reporter: gonzalez has been known in the neighborhood for years. residents describe her as at times good hearted and other times bombastic. some repeatedly called authorities complaining her pat hughes owns three local bars. >> and it's only upsetting when she parks her stuff in front of our places. >> and what do you do then? >> i ask her to move. as gently as i can to avoid the explosion. somebody should be doing something to help her