Adams Plan to Remove Homeless People From the Subway ‘Right Away’ Has Hit a Delay Posted on February 27, 2022 by Zoe Johnson 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
Perils and promise in Adams, Hochul joint subway safety plan Posted on February 22, 2022 by Zoe Johnson 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 Zoe Johnson 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
Mayor Adams’ subway safety plan begins after several violent incidents in NYC Posted on February 21, 2022 by Zoe Johnson 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 Zoe Johnson 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
New York wants to stop people from living in the subways. But where will they go? Posted on February 21, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in USA Today NEW YORK – Amid a rising concern about crime and homelessness on its subways, New York City plans to increase the presence of police officers and mental health care workers to stop people from sheltering in the subway and connect people with care and ot ..Read More
Evicted to death: NYC woman found dead, homeless in subway lost her home four years ago Posted on February 19, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in The New York Daily News She used to live in Queens on Utopia Pkwy. She died homeless and alone in the bowels of a Long Island City subway station. ..Read More
Adams, Hochul roll out subway safety plan to crack down on homeless people on trains and in stations Posted on February 18, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in Gothamist Homeless people riding the subways will now be forced to leave the train at the end of the line and police will ramp up enforcement against spitting, laying down and littering on subways, Mayor Eric Adams announced at a press conference Friday with Governor Ka ..Read More
NYC mayor pushes to remove homeless people in subway system Posted on February 18, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is making an aggressive push to try to remove homeless people from the city’s sprawling subway system, announcing a plan to start barring people from sleeping on trains or riding the same lines all night. ..Read More
