NYC’s COVID battle: A new mayor and a—slightly—new approach Posted on February 28, 2022 by Eric Grossman in MarketWatch As the restrictions and mandates surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are being phased out around the U.S., subtly different methods of combating the virus in New York City are emerging between current Mayor Eric Adams and his predecessor, Bill de Blasio. ..Read More
Personal Needs Allowance (A. 8061) – Social Toolkit Posted on February 28, 2022 Twitter Graphic: Download Twitter graphic here. Sample Tweets: New Yorkers sleeping in certain shelters receive as little as $22.50 2x/month as a personal needs allowance. This amount hasn’t been raised in decades. Thanks to @LindaBRosenthal, this can change ..Read More
Adams Plan to Remove Homeless People From the Subway ‘Right Away’ Has Hit a Delay Posted on February 27, 2022 by Greg B. Smith in The City Last week, two police officers approached two apparently homeless women on the No. 1 train platform at Penn Station, asking them to leave after one of them tossed something from her collection of plastic bags onto the tracks. ..Read More
Fact Check on Homelessness and Mental Health Care Posted on February 23, 2022 by Shelly Nortz On February 18, 2022, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul announced a plan to remove people who shelter in the subway system. Since then, we’ve heard many false claims about homelessness and mental health care, including misinformation about Kendra’s L ..Read More
Perils and promise in Adams, Hochul joint subway safety plan Posted on February 22, 2022 by Brian Pascus in Crain's New York Business Homeless service advocates say the joint public safety plan for subways announced Friday by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams holds promise, but they stressed it must do more than target mentally ill and homeless individuals and put them under professiona ..Read More
Homeless advocate Jacquelyn Simone discusses concerns with Adams’ subway safety plan Posted on February 22, 2022 by Errol Lewis in Inside City Hall Jacquelyn Simone sits down with Errol Lewis on Tuesday’s “Inside City Hall,” to discuss the plan and how it’s impacting people experiencing homelessness. Simone is the Policy director at the Coalition for the Homeless. She explains ..Read More
Today’s Read: New York City Plans to Stop Homeless People From Sheltering in Subway Posted on February 22, 2022 by Zoë Johnson On February 18, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul announced a plan to remove people who shelter in the subway system, including stricter enforcement of transit system rules and a zero-tolerance policy for sleeping on the trains. But, as the Coal ..Read More
Mayor Adams’ subway safety plan begins after several violent incidents in NYC Posted on February 21, 2022 in ABC7 New York NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — Mayor Eric Adams’ new subway safety plan went into effect Monday, which included police issuing summonses for fare-beaters and stopping people from sleeping across multiple seats. ..Read More
NYC subway safety plan gets going after a violent weekend Posted on February 21, 2022 by Jennifer Peltz in The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s latest plan to tackle both crime and homelessness in subways was rolling into action Monday after police logged more than a half-dozen attacks in trains and stations over the holiday weekend. ..Read More
